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1972.JPN.0150th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Japan
Japan·1972
50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Japan
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1972.JPN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Japan (JPN)
- Year
- 1972-11-04
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Japan
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Takao Yamanouchi
- Printer
- Government Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.34
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JP 1130
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JP 1167
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JP 1069
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JP 1308
History
Japan issued a 20 yen commemorative at Tokyo on 4 November 1972 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Japan. Takao Yamanouchi designed a Cub Scout in a blue uniform and a Scout in a khaki campaign hat exchanging the left handshake and saluting, with a gold fleur-de-lis between them. The Government Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance printed 32,000,000 copies by photogravure in panes of twenty, comb perforated 13½. Specimen stamps with the みほん (mihon) overprint also exist.