File:BR-GUY 1949 MiNr0176bD pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of British-Guyana (British crown colony); 1949; definitive stamp of the issue "Local Motives"; re-issue of the stamp from 1938; stamp drawing with a scenery at the plowing of a rice field + portrait of the British King George VI in oval; stamp postmarked in 1952
Stamp: Michel: No. 176bD; Scott: No. 230b
Color: green
Watermark: Guyana No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 1 Cent
Postage validity: from 1949 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 30.0 x 24.5 mm
Date (first issue if the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration bor British-Guyana
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Public domain
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.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

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Public domain This work was first published in Guyana and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Copyright Act 1956 of the United Kingdom, which is used with modifications in Guyana (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
  • It is a sound recording or cinematographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is a television or sound broadcast and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is a photographic work work, and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
  • It is a posthumous artistic literary, dramatic and musicial work, and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
  • It is a artistic literary, dramatic and musicial work and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
  • It is a work created under the direction or control of [...] a Government department and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
Other versions
- original from 1938 (Michel No. 176aA), but yellowish-green, perforation L 12½
- re-issue from 1946 (Michel No. 176bA), but green (lesser yellow), perforation L 12½
Picture description Drawing with a szenery at the plowing of a rice field + portrait of the British King George VI in oval
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration bor British-Guyana
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (Waterlow & Sons...?)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13 (= type "D")
MICHEL Nr. Guyana, Nr. 176bD
SCOTT Nr. Guyana, No. 230b

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current21:21, 17 May 2018Thumbnail for version as of 21:21, 17 May 20181,150 × 954 (540 KB)Katharinaiv (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Stamp of British-Guyana (British crown colony); 1949; definitive stamp of the issue "Local Motives"; re-issue of the stamp from 1938; stamp drawing with a scenery at the plowing of a rice field + portrait of the British King George VI in oval; stamp postmarked in 1952<br /> '''Stamp''': Michel: No. 176bD; Scott: No. 230b<br /> '''Color''': green<br /> '''Watermark''': Guyana No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint ...