Cub Scouts with their leader, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.GHA.01-09- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 65th Anniversary of Scouting
1972.GHA.01· piece 9 of 11 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ghana (GHA)- Year / date
- 1972-10-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 p
- 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.
- ◔ Purchased€15.00 for 5 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 33 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH 482B
Notes
A woman leader standing behind a group of Cub Scouts in caps and uniform, on a red fleur-de-lis background. Inscribed 65th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT along the upper edges of the diamond, GHANA and the face value below. Imperforate.
Series history
Ghana marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scout movement with five diamond-shaped stamps issued on 2 October 1972. Each design sits on a large white fleur-de-lis against a coloured ground and carries the inscription 65th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT along the upper edges. The 5 p shows two Scouts lying on the grass before the emblem with a Scout badge; the 15 p a Scout standing before a tent; the 30 p two Sea Scouts paddling a canoe; the 50 p a woman leader with a group of Cub Scouts; and the 1 ₵ four Scouts seated at a table studying. House of Questa printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, about 33 × 33 mm, in panes of 30 (6 × 5). All five values were also released imperforate.
A souvenir sheet of about 110 × 110 mm, likewise diamond-shaped, holds two stamps that repeat the canoe and studying designs at new values and colours: a 40 p Sea Scouts in brown and a 60 p Scouts studying in green, a combined face of 100 p, with fleur-de-lis ornaments in the remaining diamonds, GHANA in the side diamonds and 19 72 at the foot. Sources name no designer for the set.