75e anniversary of the Rotary, 1980

The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later.

Today, Rotary is well known throughout the world for its dedication to service and international goodwill. "Service Above Self" has been adopted as Rotary's primary motto.

http://www.rotary.org/

Date of issue: 24 May 1980

Expiration date:

Design:

Printing:

Perforation: 13

Size: 56 x 36 mm & 36 x 55 mm

Sheet: 25 (5 x 5)

Marginal inscriptions: lower right series number, date ‘Le 22 Avril 1980’ at the lower left for no’s 1038-1039. For no 1040, all at the right margin (see scan of imperforated sheet).

The others numbers I have not seen the marginal inscriptions.

Circulation: 200,000

No 1038. 50k Painting by Kamba

No 1039. 100k Kuba harp

No 1040. 500k Statue by Liyolo

The series:

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

Example of an imperforated sheet:

These are all from the block 44; the beige border is larger (56 x 35.5 mm)

The stamp image is in size and coloring exact the same as above.

No 1038A. 50k

No 1039A. 100k

No 1040A. 500k

Example, no 1038A:

Block 44 perforated. Circulation: 23,000

The imperforated block is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

There are no variations or curiosities known for any of the above shown material.