File:BR-GK 1954 MiNr0139 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the Gold Coast (British colony); 1954; definitive stamp of the issue "local scenes + Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"; 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 in 1956
Note: On the day of the independendence (), the territory of the British Gold Coast (since 1920 as part of "British West Africa") was composed of the basic Gold Coast Colony (in the Southern part as British colony since 1874), the protectorate "Asante" (since 1896, the former Kingdom of Ashanti), the protectorate of the "Northern Territories" (north of Ashanti, and east and south of the French areas, as well as west of Togo, since 1900), and the mandate area of "Togo" (the Western part of the former German colony "Togo", inclusively the so-called "Transvolta Province", since 1919).
Stamp: Michel: No. 139; Yvert et Tellier: No. 147; Scott: No. 149
Color: dark blue
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 1 March 1954 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 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
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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. Goldküste, Nr. 139
SCOTT Nr. Gold Coast, No. 149

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