Souvenir sheet — imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1961.AFG.01-06- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Women's Day — Girl Guides
1961.AFG.01· piece 6 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Afghanistan (AFG)- Year / date
- 1961-07-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 225 p
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Office
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 105 x 75 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.36
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AF BL11B
Notes
Souvenir sheet with both values and a tulip; JOURNEE DES FEMMES 1961
Series history
Afghanistan issued two commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Kabul on 23 July 1961 for Women's Day. The stamps show a Girl Guide in uniform against mountain country; both are inscribed SCOUT and POSTES AFGHANES, with the Hijri year 1340 alongside 1961.
The 50 pul is in magenta and the 175 pul in green. Perforated and imperforate singles were produced, together with perforated and imperforate souvenir sheets that pair both values beside a tulip, headed JOURNEE DES FEMMES. The Austrian State Printing Office printed the stamps by photogravure in panes of fifty, perforated about 14 × 13½. The souvenir sheet is reported at 5,000 copies. The issue was sold only on the day of issue.