✓ In collectionPostalStamp10 M - Egito - Millieme

25th Anniversary of Egyptian Girl Scouts - Emblem

1962.EGY.01-01·piece 1 of 2 in25th Anniversary of the Egyptian Girl Guides Association

Piece details

Identity

Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.EGY.01-01
SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
25th Anniversary of the Egyptian Girl Guides Association
1962.EGY.01 · piece 1 of 2
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Egypt (EGY)
Year / date
1962-02-22
Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
10 M - Egito - Millieme
Format
Stamp
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative
Colors
Dark blue
CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
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Production

PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
Comb13 x 13½
Printing
Photogravure
Size
42 x 25 mm

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
962.3
ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
EG 545
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
EG 650
YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
EG 521
Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
EG 683

Series history

Egypt marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Girl Guides Association with a 10 millième stamp issued in Cairo on 22 February 1962. The blue design shows a Girl Guide in uniform giving the three-finger salute beside the Guide trefoil; inside the emblem appear the United Arab Republic flag and the motto Be Prepared in Arabic. The face is inscribed UAR and 10M, with Girl Guides Day noted in Arabic at the top and the year 1962 at lower right.

Two million copies were printed. Designer M. Badr Bahgat; Survey Department; photogravure; perforated 13 × 13½; watermark United Arab Republic in Roman and Arabic letters. An imperforate printing is also recorded.

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