✓ In collectionPostalStamp4 ¢ - Estados Unidos - Cent
50th Anniversary of US Girl Scouts
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.USA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts U.S.A.
1962.USA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
United States (USA)- Year / date
- 1962-07-24
- 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
- Pink Red
- 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 x 10½
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 40 x 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- US 1199
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- US 829
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- US 733
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- US 1198
Notes
Girl Scout and flag.
Series history
The United States issued a 4-cent stamp at Burlington, Vermont, on 24 July 1962 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. The design shows a Girl Scout in profile wearing the organisation's hat and trefoil badge, set against three wavy stripes of the national flag, with the inscription Girl Scouts U.S.A.
One hundred and twenty million copies were printed in panes of 50. Designer Ward Brackett; Bureau of Engraving and Printing; engraved; perforated 11 × 10½.