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Stamp of Ghana; 1957; commemorative stamp of the "Independence Issue"; stamp of the Gold Coast from ) with four-lines, red overprint "GHANA / INDEPENDENCE / 6TH. MARCH. / 1957."; stamp drawing with a view of the Fort Christiansborg (1921 addition) as the government seat in Accra (Osu) and a portait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom without crown in oval with view to right; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 6 (= Gold Coast, Nr. 139 from 1954 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier GH 2 (= Gold Coast No. 147 from 1954 with overprint); Scott: No. 6 (= Gold Coast 149 from 1954 with overprint)
Color: dark blue with red overprint
Watermark: Gold Coast No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 1 d. ((old) Penny)
Postage validity: from 6 March 1957 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 31.0 x 21.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Department of Posts and Telecommunications, Gold Coast" as branch of the Royal Mail of the United Kingdom
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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    The same stamp without overprint from 1954
Picture description Drawing with a view of the Fort Christiansborg (1921 addition) as the government seat in Accra (Osu) and a portait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom without crown in oval with view to right

The pictured 1921 building addition of Fort Christiansborg at a state visit in 2012.
First day of issue
Publisher "Department of Posts and Telecommunications, Gold Coast" as branch of the Royal Mail of the United Kingdom
Design Drawing and engraving after a photograph by the "West African Photographic Service, Accra"
Printer "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company PLC", New Malden
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11½ : 12
MICHEL Nr. Ghana, Nr. 6
SCOTT Nr. Ghana, No. 6

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