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1961.KOR.0115th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Korea
Korea (South)·1961
Fifteenth anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Korea
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1961.KOR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Korea (South) (KOR)
- Year
- 1961-05-10
- Event
- Fifteenth anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Korea
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Choon Whan Kang
- Printer
- Government Printing Agency
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.9; 961.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KR 325; KR 325a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KR 325; KR BL163
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KR 254; KR BF40
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KR 396; KR MS397
History
South Korea issued a 40 hwan commemorative at Seoul on 10 May 1961 for the fifteenth anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Korea.
Choon Whan Kang designed the stamp: a Girl Scout giving the three-finger salute before a camp of tents, with the Girl Scouts of Korea trefoil (GSK) and the Korean postal emblem at the head. The date 4294.5.10 appears at upper left. The printing is green lithography on granite paper watermarked with the Korean postal emblem.
The Government Printing Agency produced 500,000 stamps in panes of fifty, perforated 13½, and an imperforate souvenir sheet of 50,000. An imperforate single is also known.