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1978.FRO.0150th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
Faroe Islands·1978
50th Anniversary of Faroese Girl Scouts
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1978.FRO.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Faroe Islands (FRO)
- Year
- 1978-12-07
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Faroese Girl Scouts
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Frits Johannesen
- Printer
- Finnish National Bank Note Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 20 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FO 41
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FO 41
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FO 35
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FO 40
History
The Faroe Islands issued a 140 oyra commemorative at Tórshavn on 7 December 1978 for fifty years of Girl Scouting there. The stamp is upright, 25 × 35 mm, lettered GENTUSKÓTAR 1928–1978, FØROYAR and 140, with F. JOHANNESEN at the foot.
A Girl Scout in green stands before a white tent; a camp-fire burns at left under a night sky and a white moon. A blue-and-white trefoil badge sits above the value.
Frits Johannesen designed the stamp. The Finnish National Bank Note Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of 20.