Girl Guide saluting — 10 M, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.EGY.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 25th Anniversary of the Egyptian Girl Guides Association
1962.EGY.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Egypt (EGY)- Year / date
- 1962-02-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 M
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Dark blue
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- M. Badr Bahgat
- Printer
- Survey Department
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 42 x 25 mm
Notes
Imperforate. A Girl Guide in uniform giving the three-finger salute beside the Guide trefoil, the United Arab Republic flag in the upper leaf. Illustrated with a sheet margin at right.
Series history
Egypt marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Girl Guides Association with a 10 millième stamp issued in Cairo on 22 February 1962. The blue design shows a Girl Guide in uniform giving the three-finger salute beside the Guide trefoil; inside the emblem appear the United Arab Republic flag and the motto Be Prepared in Arabic. The face is inscribed UAR and 10M, with Girl Guides Day noted in Arabic at the top and the year 1962 at lower right.
Two million copies were printed. Designer M. Badr Bahgat; Survey Department; photogravure; perforated 13 × 13½; watermark United Arab Republic in Roman and Arabic letters. An imperforate printing is also recorded.