Lady Annie Allen
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1975.KNA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Lady Annie Allen
1975.KNA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA)- Year / date
- 1975-09-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $2.50
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Jennifer Toombs
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
- Size
- 28 × 44 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- KN 307
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- KN 300
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- KN 319
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- KN 341
Notes
Inscribed ST CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS-ANGUILLA, International Women's Year 1975 and $2.50. Vertical legend Lady Annie Allen MBE – teacher – Guider. Sepia portrait on a mustard ground, MBE badge on the lapel, IWY dove emblem at top left. Watermark St Edward's Crown and CA multiple.
Series history
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla issued a four-value International Women's Year set at Basseterre on 15 September 1975. Jennifer Toombs designed it. House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, 28 × 44 mm, comb perforated 14½, with a St Edward's Crown and CA multiple watermark.
The 2.50 dollar, the value of the set that bears a Guiding inscription, shows a portrait of Lady Annie Allen MBE, labelled teacher – Guider. She was a teacher and Chief Girl Guide in the islands. The stamp is inscribed ST CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS-ANGUILLA and International Women's Year 1975, with the IWY dove emblem.
The other three values of the set (Evangeline Booth, Sylvia Pankhurst and Marie Curie) have no Guiding or Scout inscription; they are kept as related material.