✓ In collectionPostalStamp10 w
Scout salute and flag
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.KOR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Korea
1972.KOR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Korea (South) (KOR)- Year / date
- 1972-10-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 w
- 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.
- Comb 13½ × 13
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.38
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KR 839
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KR 854
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KR 726
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KR 1022
Notes
A Scout in a grey-green uniform and black beret giving the three-finger salute, with the Taegeukgi behind him and the Boy Scouts of Korea emblem (gold fleur-de-lis on blue) at upper right. Inscribed 대한민국 우표, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1972, 10, and 한국 보이스카우트 창립 50주년 기념.
Series history
The Republic of Korea issued a 10 won commemorative at Seoul on 5 October 1972 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Korea. Huei Han Chun designed a Scout in uniform giving the three-finger salute, with the Taegeukgi and the association emblem. The Government Printing Agency printed 1,000,000 copies by photogravure in panes of fifty, comb perforated 13½ × 13.