Girl Guides Golden Jubilee emblem — 25 c
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.TTO.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides
1964.TTO.01· piece 2 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)- Year / date
- 1964-11-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Yellow | Violet Blue
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Harrison & Sons
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14½ × 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TT 114
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TT 198
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TT 201
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TT 309
Notes
Queen Elizabeth II, Girl Guides trefoil (1914–1964) and Trinidad and Tobago arms on a blue ground
Series history
Trinidad and Tobago issued three commemoratives on 15 November 1964 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Girl Guides Association (some accounts give 15 September at Port of Spain). The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 14 December 1964.
All three values share one design: Queen Elizabeth II in an oval at upper left, a Girl Guides trefoil between the dates 1914 and 1964 under banners reading GIRL GUIDES and GOLDEN JUBILEE, and the Trinidad and Tobago arms in a diamond on the right. The 6 cents is on a salmon-pink ground, the 25 cents on blue, and the 35 cents on green.
Harrison & Sons designed and printed the set by photogravure in panes of fifty on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple, perforated 14½ × 14.