Guides signalling
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.GHA.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Ghana
1971.GHA.01· piece 5 of 11 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ghana (GHA)- Year / date
- 1971-07-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 np
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Quantity printed
- 85,850
- Printing
- Lithography
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GH 425
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH 438A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GH 413
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GH 610
Notes
Five Guides in blue uniforms signalling with red-and-black semaphore flags; banner BE PREPARED; 50 NP.
Series history
Ghana issued five commemoratives and a souvenir sheet on 22 July 1971 for the golden jubilee of the Girl Guides of Ghana. George Hamori designed the 4 np Guide emblem on the national flag; Mr. Tege the 40 np campfire and tent; Alexander S. Larkins the 12½ np portrait of Mrs Elsie Ofuatey-Kodjoe, National Founder, the 20 np Guides at a trail game, and the 50 np semaphore. Questa printed the issue in lithography, comb perforated 14. The souvenir sheet gathers all five values inside a rope frame dated 1921 and 1971, with a Guide flag and the flag of Ghana, and was issued with simulated perforations. Imperforate printings of the five stamps also exist.