Issue: National Symbols (Ghana, 1959)

Monday, October 5, 1959, National Symbols

Monday, October 5, 1959 Ghana will issue: Stamp "Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)" face value 2, Stamp "Cocoa" face value 2½, Stamp "Symbolic: God's Omnipotence" face value ½, Stamp "Nkrumah Statue, Accra" face value 1, Stamp "Ghana Hardwood Export" face value 1½, Stamp "Volta River" face value 2, Stamp "Symbolism: God's Omnipotence" face value 3, Stamp "Cut Diamond & Open-cast Mine" face value 4, Stamp "Fire-crowned Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)" face value 6, Stamp "Golden Spider Lily (Lycoris aurea)" face value 11, Stamp "Shell ginger" face value 1, Stamp "Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)" face value 2'6, Stamp "Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)" face value 1'3,

Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)

Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)
Data entry completed
86%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Size: 31 x 41
Perforation: comb 14 x 14¾
Emission: Air Mail
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 2 Ghanaian shilling

Cocoa

Cocoa
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: comb 14¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 2½ Ghanaian penny

Symbolic: God's Omnipotence

Symbolic: God's Omnipotence
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 35 x 26
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: ½ Ghanaian penny

Nkrumah Statue, Accra

Nkrumah Statue, Accra
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 26 x 35
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1 Ghanaian penny

Ghana Hardwood Export

Ghana Hardwood Export
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 31 x 41
Perforation: comb 14 x 14¾
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1½ Ghanaian penny

Volta River

Volta River
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: comb 14¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 2 Ghanaian penny

Symbolism: God's Omnipotence

Symbolism: God's Omnipotence
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: comb 14¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 3 Ghanaian penny

Cut Diamond & Open-cast Mine

Cut Diamond & Open-cast Mine
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: comb 14¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 4 Ghanaian penny

Fire-crowned Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)

Fire-crowned Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: comb 14¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 6 Ghanaian penny

Golden Spider Lily (Lycoris aurea)

Golden Spider Lily (Lycoris aurea)
Data entry completed
90%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Print: Photogravure
Size: 31 x 41
Perforation: comb 14 x 14¾
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 11 Ghanaian penny

Shell ginger

Shell ginger
Data entry completed
86%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Size: 31 x 41
Perforation: comb 14 x 14¾
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1 Ghanaian shilling

Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
Data entry completed
83%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: 14¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 2'6 Ghanaian shilling

Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)

Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)
Data entry completed
86%
Country: Ghana
Issue: National Symbols
Date: 1959-10-05
Size: 41 x 31
Perforation: comb 14¾ x 14
Emission: Air Mail
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1'3 Ghanaian shilling