Guides with Golden Jubilee banner
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.GUY.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Guyana
1974.GUY.01· piece 4 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guyana (GUY)- Year / date
- 1974-08-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 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
- Designer
- Marjorie Broodhagen, adapted by J. E. Cooter
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
- Panes
- 50 (2 × 25, gutter pairs)
- Size
- 44 x 28.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GY 204
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GY 467
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GY 448
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GY 613
Notes
The same three figures and GOLDEN JUBILEE banner as the 8 cents, on a blue field. Inscribed GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA, GUYANA GIRL GUIDES and 50c.
Series history
Guyana issued four commemorative stamps and a souvenir sheet in Georgetown on 1 August 1974 for the Golden Jubilee of the Girl Guides of Guyana. Marjorie Broodhagen designed the set, adapted by J. E. Cooter; House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14½, watermarked with a multiple lotus blossom, in panes of 50 as two blocks of 25 with gutter pairs. The stamps measure about 44 × 28.5 mm; the sheet about 170 × 137 mm.
The 8 cents (yellow) and 50 cents (blue) show two Girl Guides and a Brownie holding a banner lettered 1924 – 1974 GOLDEN JUBILEE, inscribed GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA and GUYANA GIRL GUIDES. The 25 cents and 40 cents show Guides at camp — tents, a cooking fire and the Guyanese flag — lettered GUYANA GIRL GUIDES 1924-1974.
The souvenir sheet places the four stamps in a block on a red-bordered card. Girl Guides semaphore from the letters GUYANA; a gold trefoil is lettered G G; two proficiency badges are titled HOMEMAKER and FARMER; the margins read GIRL GUIDES JUBILEE and 1924 — 1974. Combined face value 123 cents.