Sea Scouts in a canoe
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.GHA.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 1st World Scouting Conference in Africa
1973.GHA.01· piece 3 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ghana (GHA)- Year / date
- 1973-07-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 30 p
- 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
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 33 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GH 486
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH 507
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GH 468
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GH 673
Notes
Three Sea Scouts in a canoe, in white shirts and sailor caps. Inscribed 65th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT, GHANA and 30p. Black overprint 1st WORLD SCOUTING CONFERENCE IN AFRICA across the centre.
Series history
Ghana overprinted its 1972 diamond stamps for the 65th anniversary of the founding of the international Boy Scout movement with a black line reading 1st WORLD SCOUTING CONFERENCE IN AFRICA. Five values were issued on 24 July 1973. The 5 p shows two Scouts lying on the grass before a large fleur-de-lis with a Scout badge; the 15 p a Scout standing before a tent; the 30 p Sea Scouts in a canoe; the 50 p a group of Scouts in uniform; and the 1 ₵ four Scouts seated as if studying. Each stamp keeps the anniversary inscription along the upper edges. House of Questa printed the designs by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, about 33 × 33 mm, in panes of 30.
A souvenir sheet of 110 × 110 mm, still dated 1972 in the margin, carries the same overprint on a 40 p canoe stamp and a 60 p studying stamp (combined 100 p), with fleur-de-lis ornaments in the other diamonds. Sources name no designer for the overprint.