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1962.JPN.013rd Asian Boy Scout Jamboree
Japan·1962
3rd Asian Boy Scout Jamboree (Gotemba)
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1962.JPN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Japan (JPN)
- Year
- 1962-08-03
- Event
- 3rd Asian Boy Scout Jamboree (Gotemba)
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Minoru Hisano
- Printer
- Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
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
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.