1968.BRB.01Girl Guides Golden Jubilee
Barbados·1968
50th anniversary of the Barbados Girl Guides, 1918–1968
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.BRB.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Barbados (BRB)
- Year
- 1968-08-29
- Event
- 50th anniversary of the Barbados Girl Guides, 1918–1968
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Victor Whiteley
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.5; 968.6; 968.7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BB 306; BB 307; BB 308
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BB 274; BB 275; BB 276
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BB 283; BB 284; BB 285
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BB 375; BB 376; BB 377
History
Barbados issued three commemoratives on 29 August 1968 for the golden jubilee of Girl Guiding on the island, marked on the stamps as 1918–1968. Each design places a portrait of Olave Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide, at upper left and Queen Elizabeth II in an oval at upper right, under a GOLDEN JUBILEE ribbon.
The 3 cents shows a Girl Guide in uniform kneeling beside a campfire, tending a cooking pot hung from a wooden tripod. The 25 cents depicts Pax Hill as a long white building with an A-frame tent nearby; the façade is inscribed PAX HILL beneath GOLDEN JUBILEE / GIRL GUIDES / 1918–1968. The 35 cents centres the Girl Guide trefoil badge, with 1918 and 1968 flanking the emblem.
Designed by Victor Whiteley and printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons in panes of 50; comb perforation 14½; no watermark.