Flag raising souvenir sheet — BARBUDA
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.ATG.02-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Antigua Girl Guides — BARBUDA overprint
1981.ATG.02· piece 5 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)- Year / date
- 1981-12-14
- 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).
- 981.83
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BX 521
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BX BL63
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BX BF59
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BX MS602
Notes
Antigua $5 souvenir sheet, 110 × 85 mm: four Guides in blue uniforms and yellow ties at two flagpoles, with a palm at the right. The stamp is lettered Flag Raising, ANTIGUA, $5 and 50TH anniversary GIRL GUIDES, and overprinted BARBUDA in black below ANTIGUA. Harrow perforated 14½ around the stamp.
Series history
On 14 December 1981 the Antigua commemoratives for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Guides were issued overprinted BARBUDA in black. Each stamp still reads ANTIGUA and 50TH anniversary GIRL GUIDES. Opinion differs on whether the overprints were a postal issue.
The designs and production are those of the Antigua set: Max Diamond; Format International Security Printers; 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.
The 10 cents is a portrait of Irene Joshua in a navy Guide shirt and beret, with the World Association flag behind her; BARBUDA crosses the portrait. The 50 cents, lettered Campfire Singing, shows four Guides around a fire at night. The 90 cents, lettered Sailing, shows two Guides in a small boat with a red, white and blue sail. 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. BARBUDA sits on the stamp below ANTIGUA.
