Guide, trefoil with 60, and sun
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.LKA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides
1977.LKA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Sri Lanka (LKA)- Year / date
- 1977-12-13
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 75 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
- Printer
- Asher & Co., Melbourne
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
- Size
- 37 x 27 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.14
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LK 527
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LK 476
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LK 494
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LK 647
Notes
Landscape. Inscribed SRI LANKA and GIRL GUIDES in Sinhala, Tamil and English; .75 at lower right. A Girl Guide in white waves from a mustard-yellow panel. A blue band holds a white diamond with a trefoil lettered 60 and 1977. A red sun and two bird silhouettes occupy the right. Offset lithography, comb 15, 37 × 27 mm.
Series history
Sri Lanka issued a single commemorative at Colombo on 13 December 1977 for the sixtieth anniversary of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides. The stamp is landscape, 37 × 27 mm, inscribed SRI LANKA and GIRL GUIDES in Sinhala, Tamil and English. The trefoil on a diamond is lettered 60 and 1977.
Asher & Co. of Melbourne printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 15, in panes of 100. The designer is not established.
At left a Girl Guide in white waves from a mustard-yellow panel. A blue band holds the anniversary trefoil. At right a red sun and two bird silhouettes; the face value is .75.