Map reading, overprinted
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.GHA.02-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Interphil 76, Philadelphia
1976.GHA.02· piece 5 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.
- 7 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.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 49 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH 638B
Notes
Imperforate form of the January jamboree type, overprinted in blue INTERPHIL 76 / BICENTENNIAL / EXHIBITION. Title Map reading. Value 7p.
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.
