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1968.YEM.01Girl Guides
Yemen·1968
Girl Guides publicity issue, Southern Yemen
100% of this series in collection (3 / 3)
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.YEM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Yemen (YEM)
- Year
- 1968-09-21
- Event
- Girl Guides publicity issue, Southern Yemen
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Victor Whiteley
- Printer
- Bradbury Wilkinson
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.33/35
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- YE-SO 19; YE-SO 20; YE-SO 21
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- YE-SO 33; YE-SO 34; YE-SO 35
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- YE-SO 19; YE-SO 20; YE-SO 21
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- YE-SO 19; YE-SO 20; YE-SO 21
History
The People's Republic of Southern Yemen issued three commemoratives on 21 September 1968 publicising Girl Guiding. Each stamp is inscribed PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of SOUTHERN YEMEN and GIRL GUIDES, with the corresponding Arabic legends.
The 10 fils shows Guides at a campsite tending a campfire, with a Girl Guide trefoil flag among trees behind them. The 25 fils is a vertical design with three younger Guides in uniform standing before a stone wall. The 50 fils shows three Guides in uniform standing before camping tents.
Designed by Victor Whiteley and printed in lithography by Bradbury Wilkinson in panes of 50; comb perforation 13½.