International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Ghana

Ghana 3 The first meter stamps appear in 1951. Before 1957 the country was a British colony known as “GOLD COAST”. All stamps issued after independence in 1957 are inscribed “GHANA”. The stamps are grouped by inscription in the frank: A - Inscribed “GOLD COAST” B - Provisional issues without country name in frank C - Inscribed “GHANA” PO - Stamps generated by franking systems in Post Offices GROUP A: Issues during British colonial period, with “GOLD COAST” in the frank left|365px A1. Neopost (LV-6). 12px[$25] Frank with crown at center. Value figure in tablet at bottom center flanked by “N” at left and M# at right. TM: BIC Values seen: 12px½, 2, 3, 6, 9, 1/- left|360px A2. Universal “MultiValue” (MV), 1951. 12px[$25] Country name in panel at top, crown at bottom center. M# with “U” prefix in small boxes in lower corners. TM: DC V/F: 12px0/0(½) 12px =/0(½) left|350px A3. Neopost “305” (MV). 12px[$100] Country name in ribbon across top. Petal shapes form oval around value figures in center. M#s N25 and N26 seen. TM: DC V/F: 12px=0/== a. Date only at left, without town mark GROUP B: Provisional issue without country name in the frank. “GHANA” appears in the town mark left|360px B1. Neopost (LV-6). As Type A1 but with “GOLD COAST” and crown removed. New country name "GHANA" in bottom of town mark. M# with “N” prefix (N2, N5, N15 and N22 known). TM: BIC Values: 12px ½, 2, 3, 6, 9, 1/- 12px[$50] Value: 12px 19px4 12px[$100] GROUP C: Issues since independence, with “GHANA” in the frank left|330px C1. Neopost (LV-6). As Type B1 but with country name added at top. TM: DC Values seen: 12px ½, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1/- 12px[$10] Value seen: 12px 1½ 12px[$25] left|340px C2. Universal “MultiValue” (MV). As Type A2 but with revised inscriptions. M# with “U” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px0/0(½) left|340px C3. Universal “Automax” (MV). 12px[$5] Very similar to Type C2 but the value figures are of uniform thickness. M# with “U” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px=0/0= 12px=0/== left|320px C4. Neopost “305” (MV). As Type A3 but with revised inscriptions. M# with “N” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px=0/0= 12px=0/== 12px =0/0(½)\ NOTE: Meter N70 (shown) has narrower spacing between the town mark and frank than others of this type. left|360px C5. Neopost “305” (MV). 12px[$5] As Type C4 but with straight-line outer border. M# with “N” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px0•00 left|300px left|318px C6. Neopost “205" and "2205” (MV). Similar to Type C5 but smaller and with single- rather than double-line outer border. Country name in ribbon at top. Petal design form oval at sides. M# with “NE” prefix. A. From the "205 model, date figures tall without stops B. From the "2205" model, date figures short with stops TM: BIC V/F: 12px0•00 left|335px left|340px C7. Neopost “Electronic” (MV). Similar to Type C6 but frank is wider than tall. M# at bottom below “POSTAGE PAID”. A. M# with “AE” prefix B. M# without prefix TM: DC V/F: 12px ≋000 a. Town mark negative letters in solid ring left|315px C8. Pitney Bowes-GB “5000” series (MV). Horizontal frank with country name in large ribbon across the top. M# low between TM and frank. A. M# with “PB” or “P.B.” prefix B. Post Office stamp, M# with “P&T” prefix or without prefix TM: DC or nil V/F: 12px ≋0.00 15px ≋000.oo (".oo" breaks ornaments at right) a. Town mark negative letters in solid ring left|325px C9. Pitney Bowes-GB “6300” (MV). Horizontal frank with country name straight across top. M# breaks bottom frame line. A. M# with “PB” or “P.B.” prefix B. Post Office stamp, M# with “P&T” prefix TM: DC V/F: 12px ≋0.00 12px ≋000.oo left|330px C10. Pitney Bowes-GB “A900” (MV). Similar to Type C9 but wider design with larger value figures. M# with “PB” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px ≋0000 GROUP PO: Stamps generated by franking systems in Post Offices left|430px PO1. Unidentified (digital). Tall paper printout divided into four sections: - The top section has the GhanaPost logo above a registration barcode. - The next section names the origin post office, the date, and value figures. - The third section contains destination information. - The bottom section contains customs information. We have seen only two of these stamps, both for registered mail sent overseas. Stamps from this system for non-registered or non-insured domestic mail may not include a barcode or customs information. One of the two stamps was generated with a laser printer (shown) and the other was printed with a dot-matrix printer. Apparently the stamp generating system is a software package that does not include its own printing mechanism, and the stamps are printed by whatever printer is available to the postal clerk. V/F: 12px 0.00 GHC