1970.IND.01Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement
India·1970
Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement and 6th All-Indian Jamboree, 27 December 1970
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.IND.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- India (IND)
- Year
- 1970-12-27
- Event
- Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement and 6th All-Indian Jamboree, 27 December 1970
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- India Security Press
- Printer
- India Security Press
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.25
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IN 532
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IN 516
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IN 315
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IN 630
History
India issued a 20 paise commemorative on 27 December 1970 at Bombay and other cities for the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement — the sixtieth anniversary of world Guiding — and for the 6th All-Indian Jamboree. The vertical plum design shows a Girl Guide in profile giving the three-finger salute. The World Association trefoil sits at the upper right and the Bharat Scouts and Guides emblem, a fleur-de-lis charged with the Ashoka Chakra, at the lower right. English GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT DIAMOND JUBILEE runs down the right; Hindi titles for the Guide Movement and the diamond jubilee, with the year 1970, occupy the upper and left margins. The face value 20 sits at lower left above भारत / INDIA. The India Security Press designed and printed the stamp by photogravure, 39.1 × 29 mm, comb perforated 13, in panes of thirty-five, on unwatermarked paper. Three million copies were produced.