Life-saving, overprinted
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.GHA.02-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Interphil 76, Philadelphia
1976.GHA.02· piece 4 of 9 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ghana (GHA)- Year / date
- 1976-05-29
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 ₵
- 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
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¾
- Size
- 49 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.21
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GH 581
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH 641A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GH 560
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GH 771
Notes
The January jamboree type, overprinted in blue INTERPHIL 76 / BICENTENNIAL / EXHIBITION. The base still reads 1975 and 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE-NORWAY, with a Scout in khaki, yellow neckerchief and campaign hat holding a staff, and a gold fleur-de-lis. Title Life-saving. Value ¢1.00.
Series history
Ghana overprinted its January stamps for the 14th World Scout Jamboree for INTERPHIL 76, the international philatelic exhibition held in Philadelphia. The overprint, in blue, reads INTERPHIL 76 / BICENTENNIAL / EXHIBITION. The set was issued at Accra on 29 May 1976. Format International Security Printers had printed the base stamps by offset lithography, 49 × 33 mm, comb perforated 13¾. The bases still read 1975 and 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE-NORWAY.
The four pane values are the 7 pesewa Map reading, the 30 pesewa Sailing, the 60 pesewa The Hike, and the 1 cedi Life-saving. The souvenir sheet, 133 × 100 mm, carries the same four designs at 15, 40, 65 and 80 pesewas, each with the same overprint, on a yellow-gold margin headed 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE NORWAY and footed GHANA. The four pane values also exist imperforate.
