Girl Guides Association emblem — 5 ¢
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1960.CAN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Girl Guides Association
1960.CAN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Canada (CAN)- Year / date
- 1960-04-20
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 ¢
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Navy blue and orange-brown
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 12
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 26 x 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 960.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CA 389
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CA 336
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CA 316
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CA 515
Notes
Guide trefoil in a dark-blue oval ringed BE PREPARED · SOIS PRÊTE, under GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION DES GUIDES; years 1910 and 1960 at the sides, CANADA POSTAGE 5c POSTES at the foot.
Series history
Canada issued a 5 cent commemorative at Ottawa on 20 April 1960 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Canadian Girl Guides Association. Domfil catalogues it as 960.1 under «50 Aniversario del escultismo femenino», motif «Emblema / Emblem».
Helen Fitzgerald designed the stamp: the Guide trefoil in a dark-blue oval ringed BE PREPARED · SOIS PRÊTE, under the bilingual arch GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION DES GUIDES, with 1910 and 1960 down the sides and CANADA POSTAGE 5c POSTES at the foot. The Canadian Bank Note Company printed it by recess engraving in panes of 100, perforation 12. SOSOW records a print of 31,360,000.
Further references are Scott CA 389, Michel CA 336, Yvert CA 316 and Stanley Gibbons CA 515. Size is given as 26 × 30 mm.