Guides and Bermuda coat of arms
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.BMU.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides
1969.BMU.01· piece 4 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bermuda (BMU)- Year / date
- 1969-02-17
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2/6
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Harrison & Sons staff artists
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.4
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BM 233
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BM 222
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BM 221
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BM 227
Notes
Four Guides around the Bermuda coat of arms; Queen Elizabeth II in silhouette; 1919–1969
Series history
Bermuda issued four commemoratives at Hamilton on 17 February 1969 for the fiftieth anniversary of Girl Guiding in the colony, 1919–1969. Harrison & Sons staff artists designed the set; Format International Security Printers lithographed it in panes of sixty (five by twelve), comb perforated 14, on paper watermarked with a multiple Crown and script CA. The 3d (purple) and 1s (green) show two Guides — one in a blue uniform and green neckerchief, the other in brown with a yellow neckerchief — beside a faint white trefoil, with Queen Elizabeth II in silhouette. The 1/6 (grey) and 2/6 (red) show four Guides of mixed ages around the Bermuda coat of arms, a red lion holding a shield of the Sea Venture wreck, with the dates 1919–1969.