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1964.RYU.0110th Anniversary of the Ryukyuan Girl Scouts
Ryukyu Islands·1964
10th Anniversary of the Ryukyuan Girl Scouts
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1964.RYU.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Ryukyu Islands (RYU)
- Year
- 1964-08-31
- Event
- 10th Anniversary of the Ryukyuan Girl Scouts
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Seikichi Tamanaha
- Printer
- Japanese Government Printing Works
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.4
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JP-RK 121
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JP-RK 150
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JP-RK 116
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JP-RK 156
History
The Ryukyu Islands issued a 3-cent commemorative on 31 August 1964 for the tenth anniversary of the Ryukyuan Girl Scouts. Seikichi Tamanaha designed a Girl Scout in white uniform with a red neckerchief and badge sash, giving the three-finger salute beside a large gold trefoil with a blue star in the left leaf; the stamp is inscribed 琉球ガールスカウト創立10周年記念 and RYUKYUS 1964. The Japanese Government Printing Works printed about 800,000 copies by photogravure in panes of twenty with a border inscription, perforated 13½. Specimen stamps with the みほん (mihon) overprint also exist.