✓ In collectionPostalStamp4 ₩ - Korea (South) - Won
Scout emblem, flag and tents
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.KOR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 40th Anniversary of Korean Scouting
1962.KOR.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Korea (South) (KOR)- Year / date
- 1962-10-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 ₩ - Korea (South) - Won
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
- Printing
- Offset
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.27
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KR 358
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KR 363
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KR 285
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KR 446
Series history
The Republic of Korea marked the fortieth anniversary of Korean Scouting with two 4-won stamps issued in Seoul on 5 October 1962. Each design shows the green Korean scout fleur-de-lis with tiger motif against the national flag, and a campground of tents below. Matching imperforate souvenir sheets — one for each stamp design — were issued the same day on granite paper watermarked with the Korean postal emblem.
Print runs are given as 300,000 of each stamp and 150,000 of each souvenir sheet. Designer Choon Whan Kang; Government Printing Agency; lithography; stamps perforated 13½.