1968.KHM.0115th Anniversary of Independence
Cambodia·1968
15th anniversary of Cambodian independence, 1953–1968
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.KHM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Cambodia (KHM)
- Year
- 1968-11-09
- Event
- 15th anniversary of Cambodian independence, 1953–1968
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KH 199
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KH 242
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KH 214
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KH 238
History
Cambodia issued two commemoratives on 9 November 1968 for the fifteenth anniversary of independence. The 7 riel value includes Scouting among its subjects: a horizontal recess design printed by the Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste in Paris, comb perforated 13, measuring 40 × 26 mm, without watermark.
At centre, a purple-toned portrait of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in military uniform and peaked cap sits within a laurel wreath. To the left, a group of four figures walks leftward; among them a boy in Scout uniform with shorts and neckerchief, beside other youth in uniform. To the right stands the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, against a stippled globe. The stamp is headed in Khmer, valued 7 riel at upper right, and footed XVe ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'INDEPENDANCE - 1968 with CAMBODGE and Khmer script in a panel below. POSTES runs vertically at the left edge.