1967.LKA.0150th Anniversary of the Girl Guides
Sri Lanka·1967
50th Anniversary of the Ceylon Girl Guide Association
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1967.LKA.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Sri Lanka (LKA)
- Year
- 1967-09-19
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of the Ceylon Girl Guide Association
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- De La Rue & Co. Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12¼ x 12¾
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.11/12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LK 410/411
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LK 364/365
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LK 382/383
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LK 532/533
History
Ceylon issued two commemoratives in Colombo on 19 September 1967 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Ceylon Girl Guide Association. The stamps are inscribed in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
Both values share one design: a Girl Guide in a green saree-style uniform and white blouse gives the three-finger salute. At left a circular badge holds a trefoil charged with an elephant above the dates 1917–1967; at right flies the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts flag, dark blue with a yellow trefoil. The 3 c has a green field with an orange foot band; the 25 c reverses those colours with an orange field and a green foot band. Each stamp is lettered GIRL GUIDES across the foot.
De La Rue printed the set by offset lithography, 36 × 25 mm, comb perforated 12¼ × 12¾, in panes of 100.