1961.PRK.0115th Anniversary of the Children's Union
Korea (North)·1961
15th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union (소년단), 1961
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1961.PRK.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Korea (North) (PRK)
- Year
- 1961-06-01
- Event
- 15th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union (소년단), 1961
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Choe Tong-su (최동수)
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 11
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.37; 961.38; 961.39
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KP 320/322
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KP 307/309
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KP 298/300
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KP 308/310
History
North Korea issued a three-value diamond set on 1 June 1961 for the fifteenth anniversary of the Korean Children's Union (소년단). The stamps commemorate that youth organisation rather than a Scout association affiliated with WOSM: each carries the Union flame emblem and a Korean heading for the founding anniversary.
Choe Tong-su (최동수) designed the set in offset lithography, line perforation 11, on ungummed paper. The 5 ch shows a boy in a striped swim cap with a lifebuoy among other swimmers, flags and boats at sea. The first 10 ch shows a child in white uniform and red neckerchief writing in a notebook before memorial stelae in wooded ground. The second 10 ch shows a trumpeter with a red neckerchief, other children and rabbits on a grassy field before a building, with the year 1961 at the foot.