Guides washing and red badge
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.PNG.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides
1977.PNG.01· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Papua New Guinea (PNG)- Year / date
- 1977-08-10
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 30 t
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Red, pink, blue, yellow
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€1.50 for 3 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Richard Bates
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½ x 15
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 36 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PG 472
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PG 331
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PG 330
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PG 340
Notes
Inscribed papua new guinea, 30, and 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides. A red Girl Guide trefoil badge lettered G G, GIRL GUIDES and 1927-1977 stands at left. Two Guides in blue wrap skirts and yellow neckerchiefs wash clothes at a stream.
Series history
Papua New Guinea issued four commemoratives at Port Moresby on 10 August 1977 for the fiftieth anniversary of Girl Guides, 1927–1977. Each stamp is landscape, 36 × 26 mm, inscribed papua new guinea and 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides, and carries a large Girl Guide trefoil badge lettered G G, GIRL GUIDES and 1927-1977. Richard Bates designed the set. The House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14½ × 15, in panes of 50. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 10 February 1978. A presentation pack was issued.
The 7 toea has a gold badge and three Guides standing together: two in light-blue uniforms with yellow neckerchiefs, one in khaki. The 15 toea has a blue badge and two Guides in a mountain landscape, one kneeling with a sheet or map, the other pointing toward the hills. The 30 toea has a red badge and two Guides washing clothes at a stream. The 35 toea has a green badge and two Guides cooking: one tends a fire, the other works a mortar.