Visit of HRH Princess Alice, 1960
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.KNA.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guide Movement in St Kitts
1981.KNA.01· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA)- Year / date
- 1981-09-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 55 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Jennifer Toombs
- Printer
- Walsall Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14¼
- Panes
- 50
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.33
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KN-K 84
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KN-K 75
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KN-K 484
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KN-K 86
Notes
Princess Alice in a pale dress and white hat faces four Guides in dark blue uniform, yellow ties and dark berets. Lettered 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT IN ST KITTS, ST KITTS and 55c. The left margin reads Visit of HRH Princess Alice 1960. A brown rope frames the design.
Series history
Saint Kitts issued four commemoratives at Basseterre on 21 September 1981 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Guide movement on the island. Each stamp is lettered 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT IN ST KITTS across the head and ST KITTS at the foot, inside a white frame with a brown rope border.
The 5 cents is a head-and-shoulders portrait of Miriam Pickard, first Guide Commissioner, in a lavender cardigan, white blouse and pearl necklace against a pale lilac ground. The left margin is lettered Miriam Pickard, first Guide Commissioner.
The 30 cents shows Lady Baden-Powell in a blue coat-dress, white hat and medal, standing beside a Guide in a white dress and white hat. The left margin is lettered Lady Baden-Powell's visit 1964.
The 55 cents shows Princess Alice in a pale dress and white hat facing four Guides in dark blue uniform, yellow ties and dark berets. The left margin is lettered Visit of HRH Princess Alice 1960.
The 2 dollars shows three Guides in mid-blue shirts, dark skirts, yellow ties and white socks marching in step. The left margin is lettered Thinking-Day Parade, 1980's.
Jennifer Toombs designed the stamps. Walsall Security Printers printed them by offset lithography, comb perforated 14¼, in panes of 50 (two panes of 25 with gutter pairs), on paper watermarked Crown over Block CA Diagonal Multiple, upright. Specimen overprints exist in two type sizes.