1977.PNG.0150th Anniversary of Girl Guides
Papua New Guinea·1977
50th Anniversary of Girl Guides in Papua New Guinea
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1977.PNG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- Year
- 1977-08-10
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides in Papua New Guinea
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Richard Bates
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½ x 15
- Panes
- 50 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.11; 977.12; 977.13; 977.14
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PG 470; PG 471; PG 472; PG 473
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PG 329; PG 330; PG 331; PG 332
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PG 328; PG 329; PG 330; PG 331
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PG 338; PG 339; PG 340; PG 341
History
Papua New Guinea issued four commemoratives at Port Moresby on 10 August 1977 for the fiftieth anniversary of Girl Guides, 1927–1977. Each stamp is landscape, 36 × 26 mm, inscribed papua new guinea and 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides, and carries a large Girl Guide trefoil badge lettered G G, GIRL GUIDES and 1927-1977. Richard Bates designed the set. The House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14½ × 15, in panes of 50. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 10 February 1978. A presentation pack was issued.
The 7 toea has a gold badge and three Guides standing together: two in light-blue uniforms with yellow neckerchiefs, one in khaki. The 15 toea has a blue badge and two Guides in a mountain landscape, one kneeling with a sheet or map, the other pointing toward the hills. The 30 toea has a red badge and two Guides washing clothes at a stream. The 35 toea has a green badge and two Guides cooking: one tends a fire, the other works a mortar.
Stamps in this series
4 piecesGuides and gold badge
Guides mapping and blue badge
Guides washing and red badge