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1974.TON.01

Honouring the Girl Guides

Tonga·1974

Honouring the Girl Guides of Tonga

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Series details

Identity

CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1974.TON.01
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Tonga (TON)
Year
1974-09-11
Event
Honouring the Girl Guides of Tonga
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative · Airmail · Official airmail

Production

Designer
Maurice Meers
Printer
Walsall Security Printers
Process
Offset lithography
PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
Die cut (self-adhesive)

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
974.20/29; 974.52/54
ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
TO 342/346; TO C159/C163; TO CO90/CO92
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
TO 499/508; TO D126/D128
YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
TO 337/341; TO PA154/PA158; TO SPA87/SPA89
Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
TO 498/507; TO O124/O126

History

Tonga issued thirteen self-adhesive die-cut stamps on 11 September 1974 honouring the Girl Guides. Maurice Meers designed them; Walsall Security Printers lithographed them, with the printing on the reverse of the release paper. Each value was issued in panes of twenty, ten thousand of each. Sources give no place of issue.

Five postage stamps are clusters of Girl Guide proficiency badges around TONGA, Honouring the Girl Guides, POSTAGE and the seniti value, the lettering changing colour with the denomination. Five airmails are shield-shaped, each with an oval colour photograph of Tongan Girl Guides among palms, a trefoil, Honouring the Girl Guides, TONGA, AIRMAIL and the value. Three official airmails are green teardrops on rectangular backing, with a portrait of Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS and OFFICIAL AIRMAIL, at 45 seniti, 55 seniti and 1 pa'anga.

SOSOW / SOSSI reference ↗

All 1974All TON

Stamps in this series

13 pieces
Girl Guide badges
1974.TON.01-01

Girl Guide badges

5 sScott TO 342Domfil 974.20
Purchased
Girl Guide badges
1974.TON.01-02

Girl Guide badges

10 sScott TO 343Domfil 974.21
Purchased
Girl Guide badges
1974.TON.01-03

Girl Guide badges

20 sScott TO 344Domfil 974.22
Purchased
Girl Guide badges
1974.TON.01-04

Girl Guide badges

40 sScott TO 345Domfil 974.23
Purchased
Girl Guide badges
1974.TON.01-05

Girl Guide badges

60 sScott TO 346Domfil 974.24
Purchased
Tongan Girl Guides
1974.TON.01-06

Tongan Girl Guides

14 sScott TO C159Domfil 974.25
Purchased
Tongan Girl Guides
1974.TON.01-07

Tongan Girl Guides

16 sScott TO C160Domfil 974.26
Purchased
Tongan Girl Guides
1974.TON.01-08

Tongan Girl Guides

29 sScott TO C161Domfil 974.27
Purchased
Tongan Girl Guides
1974.TON.01-09

Tongan Girl Guides

31 sScott TO C162Domfil 974.28
Purchased
Tongan Girl Guides
1974.TON.01-10

Tongan Girl Guides

75 sScott TO C163Domfil 974.29
Purchased
Olave, Lady Baden-Powell
1974.TON.01-11

Olave, Lady Baden-Powell

45 sScott TO CO90Domfil 974.52
Purchased
Olave, Lady Baden-Powell
1974.TON.01-12

Olave, Lady Baden-Powell

55 sScott TO CO91Domfil 974.53
Purchased
Olave, Lady Baden-Powell
1974.TON.01-13

Olave, Lady Baden-Powell

1 pScott TO CO92Domfil 974.54
Purchased