1970.BHS.01Girl Guides Diamond Jubilee
Bahamas·1970
Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guides, 1910–1970
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.BHS.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bahamas (BHS)
- Year
- 1970-02-23
- Event
- Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guides, 1910–1970
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Mrs. Robert Sands
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.1; 970.2; 970.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BS 298; BS 299; BS 300
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BS 303; BS 304; BS 305
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BS 287; BS 288; BS 289
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BS 342; BS 343; BS 344
History
The Bahamas issued three diamond-shaped commemoratives at Nassau on 23 February 1970 for the Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guides (1910–1970). Mrs. Robert Sands, a member of the Bahamas Girl Guide Executive Committee, designed the set from sketches supplied by Guide groups. Harrison & Sons of London printed it by offset lithography in panes of fifty (ten rows of five), comb perforated 14½, 27 × 27 mm, on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple. Each stamp is inscribed DIAMOND JUBILEE GIRL GUIDES and the years 1910 and 1970, with the royal cypher E II R under a crown.
The 3 c (BAHAMAS GUIDES) shows a globe ringed by figures holding hands and crossed flags — a Guide trefoil and a Blue Ensign — on a yellow ground with a dark blue border. The 12 c (BAHAMAS BROWNIES) shows a stylised Brownie among yellow flowers and a trefoil. The 15 c (BAHAMAS RANGERS) shows a yellow trefoil behind a globe and a SERVICE banner on a teal ground.