Crossing a rope bridge, perforated
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.GIN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- National Pioneer Movement
1974.GIN.01· piece 1 of 14 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guinea (GIN)- Year / date
- 1974-11-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0.50 s
- 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
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 31 x 43 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.24
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GN 678
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GN 706A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GN 533
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GN 863
Notes
Pioneer in a white shirt, blue shorts and red neckerchief hauls on a rope in the foreground; a second boy in blue shorts crosses a two-rope bridge over water, hills behind. REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE; 0,50 s.
Series history
Guinea issued six photogravure commemoratives and a souvenir sheet on 22 November 1974 for the Mouvement national des pionniers. The stamps measure 31 × 43 mm and are comb perforated 14; an imperforate printing of the six designs was issued alongside, and the sheet exists perforated and imperforate. Each stamp is lettered REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE. Sources give no designer, printer, place of issue or quantities.
The 0.50 syli shows a Pioneer hauling a rope while another crosses a rope bridge; the 2 syli a Pioneer with staff and a figure using a telescope; the 4 syli two Pioneers at a field radio; the 5 syli cooking over a fire; the 7.50 syli a Pioneer in beret giving a two-finger salute against a map of Guinea; the 10 syli two boys playing basketball. The souvenir sheet, headed MOUVEMENT NATIONAL DES PIONNIERS, carries the 7.50 and 10 syli together (17.50 syli).