‘60’ and stylized diamond
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.HKG.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Girl Guides Diamond Jubilee
1976.HKG.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Hong Kong (HKG)- Year / date
- 1976-04-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $1.30
- 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
- Peter Ma
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
- Panes
- 50 (2 × 25, gutter pairs)
- Size
- 45 × 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- HK 329
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- HK 325
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- HK 319
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- HK 355
Notes
GIRL GUIDES DIAMOND JUBILEE 1916-1976 arches over a pink 60 and a diamond of pink and silver triangles, with a white Girl Guide trefoil (G G) on a dark blue panel. Value $1.30 at upper left. Crown and EIIR at lower left. 香港壹圓叁角 / HONG KONG and 女童軍鑽禧紀念 below.
Series history
Hong Kong issued two commemoratives on 23 April 1976 for the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guides of Hong Kong, founded in 1916. Peter Ma designed them; Harrison & Sons printed them by offset lithography, 45 × 30 mm, comb perforated 14½, in panes of 50 as two panes of 25 with a gutter, on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple, upright. Both are inscribed GIRL GUIDES DIAMOND JUBILEE 1916-1976, 香港 / HONG KONG and 女童軍鑽禧紀念, with the crown and EIIR cypher at lower left.
The 20 cents places a silver 60 beside a silver Girl Guide trefoil in a dark blue panel. The 1 dollar 30 cents places a pink 60 beside a diamond of pink and silver triangles and a white trefoil on a dark blue panel.