1969.BMU.0150th Anniversary of the Girl Guides
Bermuda·1969
50th Anniversary of Bermuda Girl Guides, 1919–1969
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1969.BMU.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bermuda (BMU)
- Year
- 1969-02-17
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Bermuda Girl Guides, 1919–1969
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Harrison & Sons staff artists
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked multiple Crown and script CA
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.1/4
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BM 230; BM 231; BM 232; BM 233
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BM 219; BM 220; BM 221; BM 222
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BM 218; BM 219; BM 220; BM 221
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BM 224; BM 225; BM 226; BM 227
History
Bermuda issued four commemoratives at Hamilton on 17 February 1969 for the fiftieth anniversary of Girl Guiding in the colony, 1919–1969. Harrison & Sons staff artists designed the set; Format International Security Printers lithographed it in panes of sixty (five by twelve), comb perforated 14, on paper watermarked with a multiple Crown and script CA. The 3d (purple) and 1s (green) show two Guides — one in a blue uniform and green neckerchief, the other in brown with a yellow neckerchief — beside a faint white trefoil, with Queen Elizabeth II in silhouette. The 1/6 (grey) and 2/6 (red) show four Guides of mixed ages around the Bermuda coat of arms, a red lion holding a shield of the Sea Venture wreck, with the dates 1919–1969.