1975.GIB.0150th Anniversary of the Gibraltar Girl Guides
Gibraltar·1975
50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides in Gibraltar
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1975.GIB.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Gibraltar (GIB)
- Year
- 1975-10-10
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides in Gibraltar
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- A. G. Ryman
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.5/7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GI 322/324
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GI 325X/327X
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GI 320/322
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GI 346/348
History
Gibraltar issued three triangular commemoratives on 10 October 1975 for the fiftieth anniversary of Girl Guides on the Rock. A. G. Ryman designed the set. Harrison & Sons printed it by offset lithography, 44.3 × 33.5 mm, line perforated 13½, on paper watermarked with a multiple St Edward's Crown and CA, upright. The panes were of twenty-five stamps printed tête-bêche.
Each value carries the same layout: the Girl Guides trefoil badge at the centre, the royal cypher E II R under a crown at the apex, 50th. ANNIVERSARY along the left edge, of the GIRL GUIDES along the right, GIBRALTAR along the base, and the face value at lower right. The 5 p is dull violet with a light-blue and gold badge; the 7 p is red-brown with a gold badge; the 15 p is orange-brown with a silver badge.