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1976.GRD.01

50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides — Grenadines

Grenada·1976

50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Grenada

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Series details

Identity

CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1976.GRD.01
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Grenada (GRD)
Year
1976-03-17
Event
50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Grenada
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative

Production

Designer
Laszlo Gyula (Julian) Vasarhelyi
Printer
House of Questa
Process
Offset lithography
PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
Comb 14¼
Panes
50

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
976.29; 976.30; 976.31; 976.32; 976.33; 976.35
ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
GD-GR 161; GD-GR 162; GD-GR 163; GD-GR 164; GD-GR 165; GD-GR 166
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
GD-GR 165; GD-GR 166; GD-GR 167; GD-GR 168; GD-GR 169; GD-GR BL19
YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
GD-GR 146; GD-GR 147; GD-GR 148; GD-GR 149; GD-GR 150; GD-GR BF19
Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
GD-GR 163; GD-GR 164; GD-GR 165; GD-GR 166; GD-GR 167; GD-GR MS168

History

The Grenadines of Grenada issued five commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Carriacou on 17 March 1976 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Guides of Grenada. They are inscribed GRENADA GRENADINES and 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GIRL GUIDES IN GRENADA, with a Girl Guide trefoil marked G G at upper left. Laszlo Gyula Vasarhelyi designed them; House of Questa printed them by offset lithography. The stamps measure 43 × 29 mm, are comb perforated 14¼, and were issued in panes of 50.

Each scene sits in a white trefoil. The ½ cent, on a pale blue ground, shows a Guide in tan kneeling to tend a camp fire, with tents behind. The 1 cent, on green, shows a Guide bandaging another's leg beside a first-aid box. The 2 cents, on moss green, shows a Guide studying a butterfly on her finger. The 50 cents, on blue, shows a Guide in a yellow apron stirring a bowl. The 1 dollar, on orange, shows a Guide sketching palms and water.

The souvenir sheet, 85 × 112 mm, carries a blue Girl Guide flag and a gold trefoil above a $2 stamp of a Guide playing a guitar, on a reddish-purple ground.

SOSOW / SOSSI reference ↗

All 1976All GRD

Stamps in this series

6 pieces
Making a camp fire
1976.GRD.01-01

Making a camp fire

½ cScott GD-GR 161Domfil 976.29
In collection
First aid
1976.GRD.01-02

First aid

1 cScott GD-GR 162Domfil 976.30
In collection
Nature study
1976.GRD.01-03

Nature study

2 cScott GD-GR 163Domfil 976.31
In collection
Cookery
1976.GRD.01-04

Cookery

50 cScott GD-GR 164Domfil 976.32
In collection
Sketching
1976.GRD.01-05

Sketching

$1Scott GD-GR 165Domfil 976.33
In collection
Guitar playing
1976.GRD.01-06

Guitar playing

$2Scott GD-GR 166Domfil 976.35
In collection

Related material

1 item
1976.GRD.01-AGuitar playing — $2, from the souvenir sheetsheet stamp · not a catalog pieceWanted

Same year & entity

1976·GRD7 pieces

50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides

◐ Partial · 4/7 in collection◔ 3 purchased