Girl Guiding: Miniature Sheet Stamps
These Royal Mail stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.
02.02.2010 | Early Guides Photo, Postmarked at London SW1
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2nd February 2010
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Girl Guiding: Miniature Sheet
Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
1st Rainbows
56p Brownies 81p Guides 90p Senior Section
Producer/Series:
Benham
( BLCS No 450 )
Postmark:
London SW1, 100 Years,
Special Handstamp
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Reference Images: Miniature Sheet Presentation Pack (436) PHQCards (331) Postmark illustrations |
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Royal Mail provided background information for this issue
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Reason and inspiration
Boys will be boys – but what about the girls? That’s exactly what a small group calling
themselves Girl Scouts demanded when they turned up at the first ever Boy Scouts rally at
Crystal Palace in 1909.
Fortunately the Boy Scouts’ founder, Robert Baden-Powell, already had something similar in mind for girls, and a year later their wish was granted when he formed the Girl Guides.
2010 marks the centenary of the guiding movement and to celebrate this important anniversary Royal Mail has worked with Girlguiding UK to produce a miniature sheet highlighting the four age-group categories of the organisation with just some of the activities they undertake.
Fortunately the Boy Scouts’ founder, Robert Baden-Powell, already had something similar in mind for girls, and a year later their wish was granted when he formed the Girl Guides.
2010 marks the centenary of the guiding movement and to celebrate this important anniversary Royal Mail has worked with Girlguiding UK to produce a miniature sheet highlighting the four age-group categories of the organisation with just some of the activities they undertake.
Stamp design and background
For this Miniature Sheet the emphasis was firmly on ‘fun’, with each of the stamps designed to
bring out the sheer enjoyment of being part of the Guides, and displaying some of the many
activities enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of girls around the UK.
As part of the research process Royal Mail’s design team met with girls from all four sections of the organisation from Rainbows through to the Senior Section.
The evening was a great success and the thoughts and opinions canvassed from the girls did help to inform the final design decisions.
Their input led designers Together Design to create a collage effect for each stamp, and to capture the energy and immediacy of real Guiding, actual members were photographed from each age group.
As part of the research process Royal Mail’s design team met with girls from all four sections of the organisation from Rainbows through to the Senior Section.
The evening was a great success and the thoughts and opinions canvassed from the girls did help to inform the final design decisions.
Their input led designers Together Design to create a collage effect for each stamp, and to capture the energy and immediacy of real Guiding, actual members were photographed from each age group.
Stamp by stamp
1st Class – Rainbows
Rainbows are aged from five to seven (four to seven in Northern Ireland).56p – Brownies
Brownies are aged from seven to ten.81p – Guides
Guides are aged from ten to 14.90p – Senior Section
Members of the Senior Section are aged from 14 to 25.Product portfolio
Presentation Pack No. 436
The fully illustrated Presentation Pack contains the Miniature Sheet. Inside Neil Young looks at the movement’s history and present day activities. The pack was designed by Together Design and printed by Walsall Security Printers.Stamp Cards
Five postcards bearing enlarged images of each of the Girlguiding UK stamps and the Miniature Sheet go on sale about a week before the stamp issue date.Miniature Sheet – Technical Details:
| Feature | Type/Detail |
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| Number of stamps | Four |
| Size of Sheet | 190mm(w) x 67mm(h) |
| Design | Together Design |
| Photography | Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Senior Section members photographed by Laura Ashman; |
| Acknowledgements | Kite, cupcake, pencils, paint splats, photo edge and water drops © iStockphoto; map © Location Maps Limited; all other images © Getty Images |
| Stamp format | Landscape |
| Stamp size | 37mm x 35mm |
| Printer | Cartor Security Printing, Meaucé, France |
| Print process | Lithography |
| Number per sheet | 4 |
| Perforations | 14 x 14.5 |
| Phosphor | All over |
| Gum | PVA |
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