Girl Scout at camp-fire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.FRO.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
1978.FRO.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Faroe Islands (FRO)- Year / date
- 1978-12-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 140 o
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Frits Johannesen
- Printer
- Finnish National Bank Note Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 25 x 35 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FO 41
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FO 41
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FO 35
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FO 40
Notes
Upright. Inscribed GENTUSKÓTAR 1928–1978, FØROYAR and 140. Girl Scout in green before a white tent; camp-fire at left; night sky and moon; trefoil badge above the value. Offset lithography, comb 14, 25 × 35 mm.
Series history
The Faroe Islands issued a 140 oyra commemorative at Tórshavn on 7 December 1978 for fifty years of Girl Scouting there. The stamp is upright, 25 × 35 mm, lettered GENTUSKÓTAR 1928–1978, FØROYAR and 140, with F. JOHANNESEN at the foot.
A Girl Scout in green stands before a white tent; a camp-fire burns at left under a night sky and a white moon. A blue-and-white trefoil badge sits above the value.
Frits Johannesen designed the stamp. The Finnish National Bank Note Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of 20.