Flag raising
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1959.GIN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pioneer flag raising
1959.GIN.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guinea (GIN)- Year / date
- 1959-10-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12
Catalog numbers
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GN 188
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GN 24
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GN 21
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GN 222
Notes
Three uniformed figures stand at attention before a tall pole from which the national flag — vertical stripes of red, yellow and green — is being hoisted. A long building with a purple roof and trees stand behind, under a sky graded from red to yellow. 50F and POSTES at upper left; RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE on a purple bar; printer imprint E. A. WRIGHT BANK NOTE CO. PHILA. below.
Series history
Guinea issued two commemoratives on 2 October 1959 for the Pionniers de Guinée, the national Pioneer youth movement. Both stamps show the same flag-raising: three uniformed figures stand at attention before a tall pole from which the national flag — vertical stripes of red, yellow and green — is being hoisted; a long building and trees stand behind, under a sky graded from red to yellow. The stamps are inscribed POSTES and RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE. E. A. Wright Bank Note Co. of Philadelphia printed them by offset lithography, perforated 12; the imprint E. A. WRIGHT BANK NOTE CO. PHILA. runs under the country tablet. The 50 franc has a purple roof and a purple country bar; the 100 franc a blue building and a dark blue country bar. Sources give no designer.