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1965.JAM.0150th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Jamaica
Jamaica·1965
50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Jamaica, 1915–1965
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1965.JAM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Jamaica (JAM)
- Year
- 1965-05-17
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Jamaica, 1915–1965
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Harrison & Sons
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Watermarked multiple J and pineapple
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14 × 14½ (3 d); 14 (1 s)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.1/2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JM 240/241
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JM 242/243
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JM 247/248
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JM 240/241
History
Jamaica issued two photogravure commemoratives at Kingston on 17 May 1965 for the golden jubilee of the Girl Guides of Jamaica, marking fifty years from 1915. Harrison & Sons designed and printed the stamps in panes of sixty on paper watermarked with a multiple J and pineapple. The 3 pence, perforated 14 × 14½, shows a green map of Jamaica with the Guide trefoil and the dates 1915 and 1965 under the banners GIRL GUIDES OF JAMAICA and GOLDEN JUBILEE. The 1 shilling is a green triangle bearing the Guide trefoil among smaller trefoil outlines, inscribed GIRL GUIDES · GOLDEN JUBILEE 1915–1965; it is perforated 14. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 16 August 1965.