Girl Guide
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.MSR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Diamond Jubilee of the Girl Guides
1970.MSR.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Montserrat (MSR)- Year / date
- 1970-12-31
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 50
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.27
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MS 252
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MS 251
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MS 252
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MS 264
Notes
Girl Guide in blue uniform and orange neckerchief; diamond-jubilee trefoil; crown and E II R. Offset lithography, comb perforated 14.
Series history
Montserrat issued four commemoratives at Plymouth on 31 December 1970 for the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guide Movement, 1910–1970. Victor Whiteley designed the set; Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of fifty, on paper watermarked Multiple St Edward's Crown CA. The 10 cents and 40 cents show a Girl Guide in blue uniform and orange neckerchief; the 15 cents and 25 cents a Brownie in brown uniform and yellow neckerchief. Each stamp carries the crown and royal cypher E II R, a hexagonal 1910 DIAMOND JUBILEE 1970 trefoil, side borders of repeating trefoils, and MONTSERRAT at the foot. The stamps remained valid for postage until 30 March 1971.