1970.MSR.01Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guides
Montserrat·1970
Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement, 1910–1970
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.MSR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Montserrat (MSR)
- Year
- 1970-12-31
- Event
- Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement, 1910–1970
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Victor Whiteley
- Printer
- Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.27/30
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MS 252; MS 253; MS 254; MS 255
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MS 251; MS 252; MS 253; MS 254
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MS 252; MS 253; MS 254; MS 255
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MS 264; MS 265; MS 266; MS 267
History
Montserrat issued four commemoratives at Plymouth on 31 December 1970 for the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement, 1910–1970. Victor Whiteley designed the set; Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of fifty, on paper watermarked Multiple St Edward's Crown CA. The 10 cents and 40 cents show a Girl Guide in blue uniform and orange neckerchief; the 15 cents and 25 cents a Brownie in brown uniform and yellow neckerchief. Each stamp carries the crown and royal cypher E II R, a hexagonal 1910 DIAMOND JUBILEE 1970 trefoil, side borders of repeating trefoils, and MONTSERRAT at the foot. The stamps remained valid for postage until 30 March 1971.