The Denmark Girl Guide stamp, issued October 25, 1960 is a semi-postal stamp. The stamp commemorated Her Majesty the Queen's 25th Girl Guide anniversary. The stamp had a face value of 30 øre and with a 10 øre surtax for "The Girl Guides' Fund for the benefit of distressed, sick and troubled children."
The drawing for the stamp is by the artist Viggo Bang, and the engraving is by the Finnish engraver Birger Ekholm. The stamp format is twice the regular stamp format, and is produced in sheets of 50 stamps.
SOSSI Journal, Volume 51, Issue 5 - September/October 2002
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