Souvenir sheet, overprinted
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.GHA.02-09- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Interphil 76, Philadelphia
1976.GHA.02· piece 9 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.
- 2 ₵
- 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.
- ✓ 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
- 133 × 100 mm
Catalog numbers
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GH 582
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH BL64A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GH BF63
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GH MS772
Notes
The January souvenir sheet, 133 × 100 mm, overprinted INTERPHIL 76 / BICENTENNIAL / EXHIBITION on each of the four stamps (15 p Map reading, 40 p Sailing, 65 p The Hike, 80 p Life-saving). Margin still headed 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE NORWAY and footed GHANA.
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.
