Souvenir sheet — Sea Scouts and Scouts studying
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.GHA.01-11- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 65th Anniversary of Scouting
1972.GHA.01· piece 11 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.
- 100 p
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- 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€3.50 · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 110 × 110 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.35
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GH 465
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH BL47
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GH BF45
Notes
Diamond-shaped souvenir sheet on a light blue ground with white fleur-de-lis ornaments, GHANA in the lower left and right diamonds and 19 72 at the foot. Two stamps of different design: 40 p Sea Scouts in a canoe (brown) and 60 p Scouts studying (green). Combined face 100 p.
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.