Guides and gold badge
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.PNG.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides
1977.PNG.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Papua New Guinea (PNG)- Year / date
- 1977-08-10
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 7 t
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Gold, orange, blue, khaki
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€1.50 for 3 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Richard Bates
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½ x 15
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 36 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PG 470
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PG 329
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PG 328
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PG 338
Notes
Inscribed papua new guinea, 7, and 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides. A gold Girl Guide trefoil badge lettered G G, GIRL GUIDES and 1927-1977 stands at left. Three Guides stand at right: two in light-blue uniforms with yellow neckerchiefs, one in khaki.
Series history
Papua New Guinea issued four commemoratives at Port Moresby on 10 August 1977 for the fiftieth anniversary of Girl Guides, 1927–1977. Each stamp is landscape, 36 × 26 mm, inscribed papua new guinea and 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides, and carries a large Girl Guide trefoil badge lettered G G, GIRL GUIDES and 1927-1977. Richard Bates designed the set. The House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14½ × 15, in panes of 50. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 10 February 1978. A presentation pack was issued.
The 7 toea has a gold badge and three Guides standing together: two in light-blue uniforms with yellow neckerchiefs, one in khaki. The 15 toea has a blue badge and two Guides in a mountain landscape, one kneeling with a sheet or map, the other pointing toward the hills. The 30 toea has a red badge and two Guides washing clothes at a stream. The 35 toea has a green badge and two Guides cooking: one tends a fire, the other works a mortar.