Souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.GIN.01-13- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pioneers of Guinea
1969.GIN.01· piece 13 of 13 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guinea (GIN)- Year / date
- 1969-07-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 195 f
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- 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
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 13½
- Size
- 120 × 135 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.31
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GN 540a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GN BL32
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GN BF24
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GN MS699
Notes
Sheet of the six values (5, 25, 30, 40, 45 and 50 f) in two columns, RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE at the head, on a ground patterned with fleurs-de-lis.
Series history
Guinea issued six photogravure commemoratives and a souvenir sheet on 1 July 1969 for the Pionniers de Guinée, the national Pioneer youth movement. The stamps measure 46 × 36 mm and are line perforated 13½; an imperforate printing of the six designs was issued alongside. Each design carries RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE and a circular fleur-de-lis at upper right. The 5 f shows Pioneers at a campfire; the 25 f a Pioneer in beret before thatched huts; the 30 f a march in yellow neckerchiefs; the 40 f a basketball game at dusk; the 45 f two Pioneers in green neckerchiefs before huts and a mountain. The 50 f shows the movement’s badge — a dove over the Guinean arms, lettered PIONNIER DE GUINEE and PRET A SERVIR — with the slogans NOUS SOMMES LES ENFANTS D'AUJOURD'HUI, LES ESPOIRS DE DEMAIN and PRODUISONS POUR DEVELOPPER LA GUINEE. The souvenir sheet gathers the six values (195 f) on a ground patterned with fleurs-de-lis. Sources give no designer or printer.