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1965.RYU.0110th Anniversary of the Ryukyuan Boy Scouts
Ryukyu Islands·1965
10th Anniversary of the Ryukyuan Boy Scouts
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1965.RYU.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Ryukyu Islands (RYU)
- Year
- 1965-02-06
- Event
- 10th Anniversary of the Ryukyuan Boy Scouts
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Shin Isagawa
- Printer
- Japanese Government Printing Works
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JP-RK 130
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JP-RK 159
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JP-RK 124
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JP-RK 165
History
The Ryukyu Islands issued a 3-cent commemorative on 6 February 1965 for the tenth anniversary of the Ryukyuan Boy Scouts. Shin Isagawa designed a Boy Scout in green uniform with a red neckerchief guiding a younger Cub Scout in blue, both looking toward a small view of the Shureimon gate beside the value; a white fleur-de-lis sits at lower right, and the stamp is inscribed 琉球ボーイスカウト創立10周年記念, 琉球郵便 and RYUKYUS 1965. The Japanese Government Printing Works printed about 800,000 copies by photogravure in panes of twenty with a border inscription, perforated 13½. Specimen stamps with the みほん (mihon) overprint also exist (1,500 reported).