Flag raising souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.ATG.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Antigua Girl Guides
1981.ATG.01· piece 5 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)- Year / date
- 1981-10-28
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $5
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Max Diamond
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Harrow 14½
- Size
- 110 × 85 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.41
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AG 632
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AG BL56
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AG BF56
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- AG MS717
Notes
White sheet with a stamp lettered Flag Raising, ANTIGUA, $5 and 50TH anniversary GIRL GUIDES. Four Guides in blue uniforms, yellow ties and dark berets stand on grass; two hold flagpoles with the Antigua and Barbuda flag and the World Association flag. A palm stands at the right. Harrow perforated 14½ around the stamp.
Series history
Antigua issued four commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at St. John's on 28 October 1981 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Guides on the island. Each stamp is lettered ANTIGUA and 50TH anniversary GIRL GUIDES on a purple panel.
The 10 cents is a portrait of Irene Joshua in a navy Guide shirt and beret, with the World Association flag behind her. The panel is lettered Irene Joshua.
The 50 cents, lettered Campfire Singing, shows four Guides around a fire at night: one with a guitar, one with an accordion, one standing and clapping, and one sitting.
The 90 cents, lettered Sailing, shows two Guides in a small boat with a red, white and blue sail at sunset.
The 2.50 dollars, lettered Animal Tending, shows three Guides with a brown cow; one milks into a pail.
The 5-dollar souvenir sheet, 110 × 85 mm, places a stamp lettered Flag Raising on a scene of four Guides in blue uniforms and yellow ties at two flagpoles — the Antigua and Barbuda flag and the World Association flag — with a palm at the right.
Max Diamond designed the issue. Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, the stamps 43 × 29 mm in panes of 40. Sources give the perforation as comb 14½ or 15; the sheet is harrow perforated 14½ around the stamp.
