Girl Guide painting
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.BTN.03-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Girl Guides
1967.BTN.03· piece 7 of 14 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bhutan (BTN)- Year / date
- 1967-09-28
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 ch
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Photogravure
Notes
Silver border; diamond format. Imperforate.
Series history
Bhutan issued a commemorative set at Phuntsholing on 28 September 1967 honouring the Girl Guides of Bhutan. Harrison & Sons printed the diamond-shaped stamps by photogravure; the perforated values are gauged about 13½.
Three designs alternate across six face values. The 5 ch and 1.50 Nu show a Girl Guide painting a traditional pattern on a board — silver border on the chetrum value and gold on the ngultrum. The 10 ch and 2.50 Nu show a Girl Guide playing a long-necked stringed instrument against Himalayan peaks. The 15 ch and 5 Nu show a Girl Guide picking fruit from a tree. Each stamp is inscribed BHUTAN in English and Dzongkha and carries a Girl Guide trefoil. Imperforate singles of all six values exist.
A souvenir sheet of 7.50 Nu combines the 2.50 Nu music and 5 Nu picking-fruit designs with flanking trefoil panels lettered Bhutan in English and Dzongkha; it exists perforated and imperforate. Printed quantities for the perforated stamps run from 100,000 for each of the three chetrum values down to 50,000 for the 1.50 Nu, 30,000 for the 2.50 Nu and 20,000 for the 5 Nu, with 15,000 sheets. The postal status of the issue is disputed.
