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Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.GRD.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides — Grenadines
1976.GRD.01· piece 3 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Grenada (GRD)- Year / date
- 1976-03-17
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 c
- 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
- Designer
- Laszlo Gyula (Julian) Vasarhelyi
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14¼
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 43 × 29 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.31
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GD-GR 163
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GD-GR 167
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GD-GR 148
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GD-GR 165
Notes
Inscribed GRENADA GRENADINES and 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GIRL GUIDES IN GRENADA, with a Girl Guide trefoil (G G) at upper left. The scene sits in a white trefoil frame. Moss-green ground. A Guide in brown looks at a butterfly on her finger, with a palm behind. Value 2c.
Series history
The Grenadines of Grenada issued five commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Carriacou on 17 March 1976 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Guides of Grenada. They are inscribed GRENADA GRENADINES and 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GIRL GUIDES IN GRENADA, with a Girl Guide trefoil marked G G at upper left. Laszlo Gyula Vasarhelyi designed them; House of Questa printed them by offset lithography. The stamps measure 43 × 29 mm, are comb perforated 14¼, and were issued in panes of 50.
Each scene sits in a white trefoil. The ½ cent, on a pale blue ground, shows a Guide in tan kneeling to tend a camp fire, with tents behind. The 1 cent, on green, shows a Guide bandaging another's leg beside a first-aid box. The 2 cents, on moss green, shows a Guide studying a butterfly on her finger. The 50 cents, on blue, shows a Guide in a yellow apron stirring a bowl. The 1 dollar, on orange, shows a Guide sketching palms and water.
The souvenir sheet, 85 × 112 mm, carries a blue Girl Guide flag and a gold trefoil above a $2 stamp of a Guide playing a guitar, on a reddish-purple ground.
