Hiking
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.GHA.01-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 14th World Scout Jamboree
1976.GHA.01· piece 7 of 10 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ghana (GHA)- Year / date
- 1976-01-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 49 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GH 615B
Notes
Imperforate. A Scout in khaki, yellow neckerchief and campaign hat holds a staff at left, with a gold fleur-de-lis and the year 1975. GHANA sits on a banner. Inscribed 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE-NORWAY. Title The Hike.
Series history
Ghana issued four commemoratives and a souvenir sheet on 5 January 1976 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree, held at Lillehammer from 29 July to 7 August 1975. The stamps themselves are dated 1975. Format International Security Printers printed the issue by offset lithography. The pane stamps measure 49 × 33 mm and are comb perforated 13¾, in panes of 50. Sources give no designer.
Each design shows a Scout in khaki, yellow neckerchief and campaign hat, holding a staff, with a gold fleur-de-lis at left, GHANA on a banner, and 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE-NORWAY. The 7 pesewa is titled Map reading and shows Scouts gathered over a map. The 30 pesewa is titled Sailing. The 60 pesewa is titled The Hike. The 1 cedi is titled Life-saving. The same four designs were also issued imperforate.
The souvenir sheet, 133 × 100 mm, places the four designs at 15, 40, 65 and 80 pesewas in a 2 × 2 block on a yellow-gold margin headed 14th. WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE NORWAY and footed GHANA between two fleur-de-lis. The same sheet exists without perforation.
