1976.HKG.01Girl Guides Diamond Jubilee
Hong Kong·1976
60th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Hong Kong
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1976.HKG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Hong Kong (HKG)
- Year
- 1976-04-23
- Event
- 60th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Hong Kong
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Peter Ma
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.10; 976.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- HK 328; HK 329
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- HK 324; HK 325
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- HK 318; HK 319
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- HK 354; HK 355
History
Hong Kong issued two commemoratives on 23 April 1976 for the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guides of Hong Kong, founded in 1916. Peter Ma designed them; Harrison & Sons printed them by offset lithography, 45 × 30 mm, comb perforated 14½, in panes of 50 as two panes of 25 with a gutter, on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple, upright. Both are inscribed GIRL GUIDES DIAMOND JUBILEE 1916-1976, 香港 / HONG KONG and 女童軍鑽禧紀念, with the crown and EIIR cypher at lower left.
The 20 cents places a silver 60 beside a silver Girl Guide trefoil in a dark blue panel. The 1 dollar 30 cents places a pink 60 beside a diamond of pink and silver triangles and a white trefoil on a dark blue panel.