1978.BRB.0160th Anniversary of the Girl Guides
Barbados·1978
60th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Barbados
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1978.BRB.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Barbados (BRB)
- Year
- 1978-08-01
- Event
- 60th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Barbados
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 14
- Panes
- 50 stamps (2 × 25, gutter)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.13/16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BB 479/482
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BB 448/451
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BB 456/459
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BB 605/608
History
Barbados issued four commemoratives on 1 August 1978 for the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guides there, 1918–1978. Each stamp is a rhombus, lettered GIRL GUIDES, DIAMOND JUBILEE, BARBADOS and 1918–1978 along the four sides. Harrison & Sons designed and lithographed the set, line perforated 14, in panes of 50 as two blocks of 25 with a gutter. The paper is watermarked Crown over Block CA in diagonal rows.
The 12 cents, a landscape diamond, shows a camp: a Guide flag on a pole, a cooking fire, green tents and a building under a yellow sun.
The 28 cents, a landscape diamond, shows Guides at service — one pushing a wheelchair, others with children.
The 50 cents, an upright diamond, shows a silver trefoil with 60 and a small star on a green and blue sunburst.
The 1 dollar, an upright diamond, shows the Barbados Girl Guides trefoil in blue and gold — two G letters, a trident and a star — over a gold banner lettered BARBADOS.