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1971.HKG.0160th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Boy Scouts
Hong Kong·1971
60th anniversary of the Hong Kong Boy Scouts
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1971.HKG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Hong Kong (HKG)
- Year
- 1971-07-23
- Event
- 60th anniversary of the Hong Kong Boy Scouts
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Kan Tai-Keung
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.3/5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- HK 262; HK 263; HK 264
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- HK 255; HK 256; HK 257
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- HK 253; HK 254; HK 255
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- HK 270; HK 271; HK 272
History
Hong Kong issued three commemoratives at Kowloon on 23 July 1971 for the sixtieth anniversary of the Hong Kong Boy Scouts: 10 cents, 50 cents and 2 dollars, each with the Scout emblem and a large 60. Kan Tai-Keung designed the set; Harrison & Sons printed it in lithography in panes of fifty, comb perforated 14 × 14½, on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple. Quantities were 5,000,000, 4,000,000 and 1,000,000. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 22 October 1971.