✓ In collectionPostalStamp10 ¥ - Japão - Yen
Asian Boy Scout Jamboree 1962
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.JPN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 3rd Asian Boy Scout Jamboree
1962.JPN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Japan (JPN)- Year / date
- 1962-08-03
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 ¥ - Japão - Yen
- 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.
- Comb13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 26 x 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.19
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JP 763
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JP 800
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JP 716
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JP 902
Series history
Japan issued a 10-yen stamp at Gotemba on 3 August 1962 for the Third Asian Boy Scout Jamboree. Minoru Hisano's design places a campaign hat with the scout fleur-de-lis on a gridded orange map of Asia, with the bilingual inscription Asian Jamboree.
Ten million copies were printed in panes of 20. Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance; photogravure; perforated 13½. Specimen copies overprinted みほん (mihon) are also recorded.