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Guide trefoil emblems

1965.JAM.01-02·piece 2 of 2 in50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Jamaica

Piece details

Identity

Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.JAM.01-02
SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Jamaica
1965.JAM.01 · piece 2 of 2
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Jamaica (JAM)
Year / date
1965-05-17
Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
1 s
Format
Stamp
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative
Colors
Green; gold; black
CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
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Production

Designer
Harrison & Sons
Printer
Harrison & Sons
Process
Photogravure
PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
14
Size
66 x 34 mm

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
965.2
ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
JM 241
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
JM 243
YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
JM 248
Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
JM 241

Notes

Triangular stamp with the Guide trefoil on a field of smaller trefoils

Series history

Jamaica issued two photogravure commemoratives at Kingston on 17 May 1965 for the golden jubilee of the Girl Guides of Jamaica, marking fifty years from 1915. Harrison & Sons designed and printed the stamps in panes of sixty on paper watermarked with a multiple J and pineapple. The 3 pence, perforated 14 × 14½, shows a green map of Jamaica with the Guide trefoil and the dates 1915 and 1965 under the banners GIRL GUIDES OF JAMAICA and GOLDEN JUBILEE. The 1 shilling is a green triangle bearing the Guide trefoil among smaller trefoil outlines, inscribed GIRL GUIDES · GOLDEN JUBILEE 1915–1965; it is perforated 14. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 16 August 1965.

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