Swimming
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1961.PRK.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 15th Anniversary of the Children's Union
1961.PRK.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Korea (North) (PRK)- Year / date
- 1961-06-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 ch
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 11
- Printing
- Offset lithography
- Size
- Diamond
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.37
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KP 320
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KP 307
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KP 298
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KP 308
Notes
Diamond format; boy with striped cap and lifebuoy in the sea; Children's Union emblem; Korean anniversary inscription
Series history
North Korea issued a three-value diamond set on 1 June 1961 for the fifteenth anniversary of the Korean Children's Union (소년단). The stamps commemorate that youth organisation rather than a Scout association affiliated with WOSM: each carries the Union flame emblem and a Korean heading for the founding anniversary.
Choe Tong-su (최동수) designed the set in offset lithography, line perforation 11, on ungummed paper. The 5 ch shows a boy in a striped swim cap with a lifebuoy among other swimmers, flags and boats at sea. The first 10 ch shows a child in white uniform and red neckerchief writing in a notebook before memorial stelae in wooded ground. The second 10 ch shows a trumpeter with a red neckerchief, other children and rabbits on a grassy field before a building, with the year 1961 at the foot.