Girl Scout saluting
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.JPN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Japan
1970.JPN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Japan (JPN)- Year / date
- 1970-07-26
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 y
- 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
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 20
- Quantity printed
- 21,000,000
- Size
- 26 × 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.18
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JP 1037
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JP 1084
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JP 989
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JP 1209
Notes
A Girl Scout in uniform giving the three-finger salute before a camp tent and the Japanese flag; sleeve patches TOKYO and 50. Photogravure, comb perforated 13.
Series history
Japan issued a 15 yen commemorative on 26 July 1970, at Hiroshima and other cities, for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Japan. Takao Yamanouchi designed a Girl Scout in uniform giving the three-finger salute before a white tent and the Japanese flag; the sleeve carries patches lettered TOKYO and 50. The Government Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance printed about 21 million copies by photogravure in panes of twenty, comb perforated 13, measuring 26 × 30 mm. The stamp is inscribed NIPPON and ガール・スカウト運動50周年記念. Specimen stamps with the みほん (mihon) overprint also exist.