The Scouts — souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.GHA.01-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Ghana
1967.GHA.01· piece 7 of 7 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ghana (GHA)- Year / date
- 1967-09-18
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 26.50 nP
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.47
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 310a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- Bl 27
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BF 27
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MS486
Notes
Imperforate sheet with the three stamp designs in a horizontal row (4, 10 and 12½ nP). Margin inscribed BOYS SCOUT MOVEMENT 50th ANNIVERSARY IN GHANA, with a Scout lily at upper left and line drawings of Scouting scenes below and at the sides.
Series history
Ghana issued three stamps at Accra on 18 September 1967 for the 50th anniversary of the Boy Scout movement in Ghana (the former Gold Coast). Joh. Enschedé printed the set by photogravure. The stamps measure 43 × 26 mm and were released both comb perforated 14½ × 13¼ and imperforate. They were also sold in panes of thirty with plain selvage and in miniature sheets of twelve with an ornamental border.
The designs show two Scouts at a campfire before a large Scout fleur-de-lis (4 nP); a Scout on the hike with staff, pack and neckerchief, the design dated AUG 1967 (10 nP); and a portrait of Robert Baden-Powell with the Scout emblem (12½ nP). An imperforate souvenir sheet joins the three designs in one horizontal row within a decorative margin illustrating Scouting scenes, with a total face value of 26.50 nP.