Inuit figure and Greenland
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1979.DNK.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- St. George's Guild Good-Turn label
1979.DNK.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Denmark (DNK)- Year / date
- 1979
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- No face value
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Cinderella
- 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
- Process
- Offset
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11
- Size
- 28 x 38 mm
Notes
Light-blue label: a figure in a fur-lined hood and patterned parka stands before a white outline of Greenland. Red Scout fleur-de-lis at upper left; GOOD-TURN and 79/80 at upper right; Sct. Georgs Gilderne i Danmark at the foot. No face value. Offset, perforated 11; 28 × 38 mm.
Series history
The St. George's Guilds in Denmark issued a no-value Good-Turn label for 1979–80. The design shows a figure in Inuit dress before a white outline of Greenland, a red Scout fleur-de-lis at upper left, and the inscriptions GOOD-TURN, 79/80 and Sct. Georgs Gilderne i Danmark. Offset lithography, perforated 11, 28 × 38 mm. The same design was printed as a pane of fifty by Silkeborg Bogtrykkeri og Offset for the 3. Silkeborg Gilde; the pane margins name the sister guilds in Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland and the International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides.