✓ In collectionPostalStamp4 ¢ - Estados Unidos - Cent
Girl Scouts U.S.A.
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.CZN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts
1962.CZN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Canal Zone (CZN)- Year / date
- 1962-03-12
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 ¢ - Estados Unidos - Cent
- Format
- Stamp
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 40 x 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- US-CZ 156
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- US-CZ 149
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- US-CZ 124
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- US-CZ 222
Notes
Girl Scout badge and camp on Lake Gatun
Series history
The Canal Zone marked fifty years of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. with a 4-cent stamp issued at Balboa on 12 March 1962. The design centres on the Girl Scout trefoil with the GS initials and the organisation's eagle emblem, set against a Canal Zone shoreline of palms, camping tents and a distant peak. The frame carries 1912–1962 and the motto Honor the past Serve the future, with CANAL ZONE POSTAGE along the foot.
Five hundred thousand copies were printed. Designer Gerald A. Doyle, Jr.; engravers Matthew D. Fenton and Howard F. Sharpless; U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing; engraving with embossing in panes of 50; perforated 11.