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1962.AFG.01Women's Day — Girl Guides
Afghanistan·1962
Afghanistan Women's Day 1962
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1962.AFG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Afghanistan (AFG)
- Year
- 1962-08-30
- Event
- Afghanistan Women's Day 1962
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail · Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Office
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11½ × 12
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.38; 962.39; 962.40
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AF C15; AF C16; AF C16a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AF 639; AF 640; AF BL24
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AF PA16; AF PA17; AF BF29
History
Afghanistan issued stamps at Kabul on 30 August 1962 for Women's Day. The Scout theme appears on the two airmail values that show a Girl Guide giving the salute (100 and 175 puls), labelled Scout on the stamps. A commemorative souvenir sheet gathers four values of the issue — traditional costumes at 25 and 50 puls and the two Guide airmails — around a floral panel under the heading Journée des Femmes 1962, total face 350 puls.
Print runs are given as 20,000 of each airmail and 15,000 souvenir sheets. Austrian State Printing Office; photogravure; perforated 11½ × 12.
