Ghana

Ghana stamps

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The Republic of Ghana located in West Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea between Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Togo. Ghana was a British colony named Gold Coast until 1957.

See: Gold Coast stamps.

Scott: #208-11P

Issued: 0.4.1965

Death Centenary, Abraham Lincoln

Inside #211: US #122O (B)

#211a

Scott: #211aP (B)

Issued: 0.6.1965

Scott: #512-5P

Issued: 21.5.1974

Centenary, UPU

#296 Inside #512, #514-5: Ghana #296P

Scott: #515AP

Scott: #512-5 Sheets of 5P

Scott: #512 with lable

Scott: #521-4P

Issued: 7.6.1974

Overprint #512-5 "INTERNABA 1974"

#524a

Scott: #524AP

Overprint #515A "INTERNABA 1974"

Scott: #990P

Issued: 24.10.1985

40th Anniversary, UN

#36 Inside #990: UN #36P

#1201 #1202

#1204 #1206

Scott: #1201-6P

Issued: 3.5.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black

Inside #1201-6: G.B. #1

#1207

Scott: #1207O [V-R]

Scott: #1208PP [V-R]

#1303

Scott: #1300O, #1303O

Issued: 16.7.1991

50th Death Anniversary, Lord Baden-Powell

Inside #1300, #1303-4: Cape of Good Hope #178O

Scott: #1304O

#1570

Scott: #1567P, #1570P

Issued: 18.6.1993

Overprint #1300&#1303: “40^th Anniversary of coronation H.M. ELIZABETH II”

Scott: #1571O

Overprint #1304: “40^th Anniversary of coronation H.M. ELIZABETH II”

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for the scan

#1651-2

Scott: #1651-2P

Issued: 20.12.1993

Hong Kong '94

Inside #1651: Hong Kong #470O

(Thanks to Zhang for the scan)

Railways 8v Inside #1652: Ghana #1392O

(Thanks to Jan Van Lin for the scan)

Scott: #1652aP

#2119-20

Scott: #2117-20O

Issued: 03.08.1999

Ibra 99’

Inside #2117: Hanover #1 O

Inside #2118: Hamburg #1O

Inside #2119: Lubeck #1O

Inside #2120: Heligoland #1O

During the period when Heligoland (a German island in the North Sea) was a British possession, about 20 postage stamps were issued between 1867 and 1890. There were up to eight printings of a single denomination and also a large volume of reprints which are known as the Berlin, Leipzig and Hamburg Reprints, respectively. The Berlin reprints are sometimes better quality than the originals. The reprints were done between 1875 and 1895. Consequently, many "old" collections contain reprints rather than originals. Some believe there were seven million reprints as compared to the known 1½ million originals, of which perhaps half were sold through the post office and the remainder sold to dealers when withdrawn from use. A few printings were never postally sold but nevertheless found their way into the hands of dealers. The stamps were printed by the Prussian State Printing Office in Berlin. They were denominated in the Hamburg Schilling until 1875, when both German Reich and British values appeared on each stamp issue (the Farthing/Pfennig issues). All are embossed with a silhouette of Queen Victoria excepting the four highest values which represent Heligoland escutcheons.

Mint stamps of Heligoland are moderate to medium priced but with some running to 1000 euros (2005) rarities. Some used stamps have brought 4800 euros at auction and some covers have brought 10 or 12 thousand euros. This is an inducement for forgery. Because used stamps are often more valuable than mint stamps, forged postal cancellations are plentiful and are the rule on purported high-value items. Because of the many forged cancellations and many reprints collectors of Heligoland stamps are advised either to become expert or to rely on specialists; most reputable dealers will not handle them because of the prevalence of reprints and forgeries. The collector who wishes to become expert is advised to acquaint himself with the Michel Deutschland Spezial Katalog and acquire, at least, Helmuth Lemberger's "Helgoland Philatelie". Most of the philatelic literature is in German.

The Heligoland post office used German-style adhesive paper seals to close official post office envelopes. At least two examples of a pale blue version are known to exist, together with one red.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Heligoland

see also: http://www.fritzwagner.com/helgoland/helgoland_stamps_intro.html

Scott: #2121O

Inside #2121: Germany #66P

on an airmail label on a cover

ghana sheetlet 12 28 16

Scott: #????O

Issued: 28.12.2016

Chinese Zodiac Stamps

Inside #????: The complete cycle of China PR New Year stamps issued from 2004 to 2015:


China (PR) #3338O 2004	China (PR) #3418O 2005	China (PR) #3466O 2006

China (PR) #3557O 2007	China (PR) #3647O 2008	China (PR) #3714O 2009

China (PR) #3798O 2010	China (PR) #3877O 2011	China (PR) #3962O 2012

China (PR) #4061O 2013	China (PR) #4171O 2014	China (PR) #4252O 2015