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1963.JPN.011st Asian Girl Guides Camp
Japan·1963
1st Asian Girl Guides Camp, Togakushi
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1963.JPN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Japan (JPN)
- Year
- 1963-08-01
- Event
- 1st Asian Girl Guides Camp, Togakushi
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Hitoshi Otsuka
- Printer
- Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.24
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JP 794
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JP 836
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JP 752
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JP 939
History
Japan issued a 10 yen commemorative at Togakushi on 1 August 1963 for the first Asian Girl Guides camp. Hitoshi Otsuka designed a Guide in light-blue uniform giving the three-finger salute before a blue flag bearing the World Association trefoil. The Government Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance printed the stamp by photogravure in panes of twenty, perforated 13½; about 13.5 million were issued. Specimen stamps with the みほん (mihon) overprint also exist.