1975.KNA.01Lady Annie Allen
International Women's Year
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1975.KNA.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA)
- Year
- 1975-09-15
- Event
- International Women's Year
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Jennifer Toombs
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KN 307
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KN 300
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KN 319
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KN 341
History
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla issued a four-value International Women's Year set at Basseterre on 15 September 1975. Jennifer Toombs designed it. House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, 28 × 44 mm, comb perforated 14½, with a St Edward's Crown and CA multiple watermark.
The 2.50 dollar, the value of the set that bears a Guiding inscription, shows a portrait of Lady Annie Allen MBE, labelled teacher – Guider. She was a teacher and Chief Girl Guide in the islands. The stamp is inscribed ST CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS-ANGUILLA and International Women's Year 1975, with the IWY dove emblem.
The other three values of the set (Evangeline Booth, Sylvia Pankhurst and Marie Curie) have no Guiding or Scout inscription; they are kept as related material.