| Postal Stamp Image |
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| Stamp Issue Date |
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27/12/1970 |
| Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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0.20 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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0630 |
| Postal Stamp Name |
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GIRL GUIDE |
| Stamp Information |
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The aim of guiding is "Character development towards happy citizenship, through natural rather than artificial means".
The Girl Guide Movement was founded by Lord Baden Powell in 1910. It was introduced in Indai at Jabalpur where a company was formed in 1911. During the next few years, several other companies srang up, but these companies were restricted to Anglo-Indian girls and weree controlled by the headquarters of the Movement in England. By 1915, the movement had spread to Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, etc., and more than 15 companies had been formed, still controlled from London. In the meantime, several independent companies had ben formed for Indian girls. The first was 2nd Poona (Bombay State) started in 1916. It was in October, 1916, that the then Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides in India was authorised to adapt the scheme to Indian conditions and to admit Indian girls. The Al India Girl Guides Association was then formed with a constitution of its own and it became full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1929.
This association was amalgamated with the Bharat Scouts and Guides in 1951. The Bharat Scouts and Guides is a unifed national organisation - both for boys and girls - and the Guide section is affiliated to the World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts and the Scout Section to the Boy Scouts World Bureau.
The amin purpose of the Gide Movement is to teach girls how to acquire confidence |
| Philatelic Stamp Description |
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DESCRIPTION OF DESIGN
The design of the stamp is verticle and depicts a Girl Guide salute against the back-ground of girl guide. On the right hand side the insignia of the World Association of Girl Guides is shown at the top and the emblem of the Bharat Scouts and Guides appears below. |
| Stamp Currency |
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P |
| Stamp Type |
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COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language |
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English |
| Stamp Overall Size |
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3.91 x 2.9 |
| Postal Stamp Print Size |
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3.56 x 2.5 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet |
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35 |
| Stamp Perforations |
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13 x 13 |
| Postal Stamp Shape |
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Vertical |
| Postage Stamp Paper |
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Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper |
| Indian Stamp Process |
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Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed |
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30,00,000 |
| Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color |
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Plum |
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