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1960.DNK.01Queen Ingrid — in aid of the Girl Guides
Denmark·1960
Queen Ingrid's twenty-fifth anniversary as a Girl Guide; semi-postal in aid of the Guides' fund and needy children
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1960.DNK.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Denmark (DNK)
- Year
- 1960-10-25
- Event
- Queen Ingrid's twenty-fifth anniversary as a Girl Guide; semi-postal in aid of the Guides' fund and needy children
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
Production
- Designer
- Viggo Bang
- Printer
- Department of Posts & Telegraph
- Process
- Engraving (recess)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 960.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DK B28
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DK 387
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DK 395
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DK 430
History
Denmark issued a semi-postal at Copenhagen on 25 October 1960 for Queen Ingrid's twenty-fifth anniversary as a Girl Guide. The postage is 30 øre with a 10 øre surtax for the Guides' fund and for needy children.
Viggo Bang designed and Birger Ekholm engraved the stamp: Queen Ingrid in Guide uniform, facing left within an oval under the royal crown, with PIGESPEJDERNE and DANMARK at the foot between the World Association trefoil and the Danish Guide badge. The printing is brown-red recess.
The Department of Posts & Telegraph printed 2,020,400 copies in panes of fifty, perforated 13.