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1964.AFG.01

Women's Day

Afghanistan·1964

Afghanistan Women's Day; Girl Guides and Scout plantation designs

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Series details

Identity

CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1964.AFG.01
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Afghanistan (AFG)
Year
1964-01-05
Event
Afghanistan Women's Day; Girl Guides and Scout plantation designs
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative · Airmail

Production

Designer
Assadullah Safi
Printer
Austrian State Printing Office
Process
Photogravure
PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
13¾

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
964.1; 964.2; 964.3; 964.4; 964.5; 964.6; 964.7; 964.8; 964.9; 964.10; 964.11; 964.12; 964.17; 964.18; 964.19; 964.20
ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
AF 668; AF 668A; AF 668B; AF 668C; AF 668D; AF 668E; AF 668F; AF 668G; AF 668H; AF 668I; AF 668J; AF 668K; AF 668L; AF 668M; AF 668N; AF 668O
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
AF 828A; AF 829A; AF 830A; AF 831A; AF 832A; AF 833A; AF 834A; AF 835A; AF 836A; AF 837A; AF 838A; AF 839A; AF BL47; AF BL48; AF BL49; AF BL50; AF 828B; AF 829B; AF 830B; AF 831B; AF 832B; AF 833B; AF 834B; AF 835B; AF 836B; AF 837B; AF 838B; AF 839B; AF BL49B; AF BL50B
YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
AF 770; AF 771; AF 772; AF 773; AF 774; AF PA64; AF PA65; AF PA66; AF PA67; AF PA68; AF PA69; AF PA70; AF BF45; AF BF46; AF BF47; AF BF48

History

Afghanistan issued a Women's Day set at Kabul on 5 January 1964. The stamps are dated 1963 and Hijri 1342 and inscribed AFGHAN SCOUT and LA JOURNEE DES FEMMES. Assadullah Safi's designs cover three subjects: a boy and girl scout planting saplings (ordinary postage in puls); a Girl Guide holding the national flag (airmail); and a Guide tending two younger girls (airmail).

Twelve perforated values form the basic set — 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 puls for the plantation design; airmails at 2 afghanis (Guide), 2 afghanis (childminders), 2.50 afghanis (Guide), 3, 4 and 5 afghanis (childminder), and 12 afghanis (Guide). The same twelve designs exist imperforate. Four perforated souvenir sheets carry the 5 and 6 afghanis Guide designs and the 6 and 10 afghanis childminders designs, each with Scout emblems, the years 1963 / 1342, and a serial number; the 6 and 10 afghanis childminders sheets also exist imperforate.

The Austrian State Printing Office printed the issue by photogravure, perforated about 13¾. The postal status of the issue is disputed among collectors.

SOSOW / SOSSI reference ↗

All 1964All AFG

Stamps in this series

30 pieces
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-01

Plantation

2 pScott AF 668Domfil 964.1
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-02

Plantation

3 pScott AF 668ADomfil 964.2
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-03

Plantation

4 pScott AF 668BDomfil 964.3
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-04

Plantation

5 pScott AF 668CDomfil 964.4
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-05

Plantation

10 pScott AF 668DDomfil 964.5
In collection
Guide
1964.AFG.01-06

Guide

2 aScott AF 668EDomfil 964.6
In collection
Childminders
1964.AFG.01-07

Childminders

2 aScott AF 668FDomfil 964.7
In collection
Guide
1964.AFG.01-08

Guide

2.50 aScott AF 668GDomfil 964.8
In collection
Childminder
1964.AFG.01-09

Childminder

3 aScott AF 668HDomfil 964.9
In collection
Childminder
1964.AFG.01-10

Childminder

4 aScott AF 668IDomfil 964.10
In collection
Childminder
1964.AFG.01-11

Childminder

5 aScott AF 668JDomfil 964.11
In collection
Guide
1964.AFG.01-12

Guide

12 aScott AF 668KDomfil 964.12
In collection
Guide souvenir sheet
1964.AFG.01-13

Guide souvenir sheet

5 aScott AF 668LDomfil 964.17
In collection
Guide souvenir sheet
1964.AFG.01-14

Guide souvenir sheet

6 aScott AF 668MDomfil 964.18
In collection
Childminders souvenir sheet
1964.AFG.01-15

Childminders souvenir sheet

6 aScott AF 668NDomfil 964.19
In collection
Childminders souvenir sheet
1964.AFG.01-16

Childminders souvenir sheet

10 aScott AF 668ODomfil 964.20
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-17

Plantation

2 pDomfil 964.1
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-18

Plantation

3 pDomfil 964.2
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-19

Plantation

4 pDomfil 964.3
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-20

Plantation

5 pDomfil 964.4
In collection
Plantation
1964.AFG.01-21

Plantation

10 pDomfil 964.5
In collection
Guide
1964.AFG.01-22

Guide

2 aDomfil 964.6
In collection
Childminders
1964.AFG.01-23

Childminders

2 aDomfil 964.7
In collection
Guide
1964.AFG.01-24

Guide

2.50 aDomfil 964.8
In collection
Childminder
1964.AFG.01-25

Childminder

3 aDomfil 964.9
In collection
Childminder
1964.AFG.01-26

Childminder

4 aDomfil 964.10
In collection
Childminder
1964.AFG.01-27

Childminder

5 aDomfil 964.11
In collection
Guide
1964.AFG.01-28

Guide

12 aDomfil 964.12
In collection
Childminders souvenir sheet
1964.AFG.01-29

Childminders souvenir sheet

6 aDomfil 964.19
In collection
Childminders souvenir sheet
1964.AFG.01-30

Childminders souvenir sheet

10 aDomfil 964.20
In collection