Sihanouk, Scouts and Independence Monument
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.KHM.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 15th Anniversary of Independence
1968.KHM.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Cambodia (KHM)- Year / date
- 1968-11-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 7 r
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Printer
- Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Size
- 40 × 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KH 199
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KH 242
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KH 214
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KH 238
Notes
Portrait of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in military uniform within a laurel wreath; at left a group of youth including a Scout in shorts and neckerchief; at right the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh against a stippled globe.
Series history
Cambodia issued two commemoratives on 9 November 1968 for the fifteenth anniversary of independence. The 7 riel value includes Scouting among its subjects: a horizontal recess design printed by the Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste in Paris, comb perforated 13, measuring 40 × 26 mm, without watermark.
At centre, a purple-toned portrait of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in military uniform and peaked cap sits within a laurel wreath. To the left, a group of four figures walks leftward; among them a boy in Scout uniform with shorts and neckerchief, beside other youth in uniform. To the right stands the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, against a stippled globe. The stamp is headed in Khmer, valued 7 riel at upper right, and footed XVe ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'INDEPENDANCE - 1968 with CAMBODGE and Khmer script in a panel below. POSTES runs vertically at the left edge.