International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Ghana

=Ghana=

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
'''A1. Neopost''' (LV-6). [$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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg½, 2, 3, 6, 9, 1/-

'''A2. Universal “MultiValue” ''' (MV), 1951. [$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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg/0(½)  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg =/0(½)



'''A3. Neopost “305” ''' (MV). [$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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg=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


'''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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ½, 2, 3, 6, 9, 1/-  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg[$50]
 * Value: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg[$100]

GROUP C: Issues since independence, with “GHANA” in the frank


'''C1. Neopost''' (LV-6).
 * As Type B1 but with country name added at top.
 * TM: DC
 * Values seen: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ½, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1/-  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg[$10]
 * Value seen: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg 1½  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg[$25]

'''C2. Universal “MultiValue” ''' (MV).
 * As Type A2 but with revised inscriptions.
 * M# with “U” prefix.
 * TM: DC
 * V/F: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg/0(½)

'''C3. Universal “Automax” ''' (MV). [$5]
 * Very similar to Type C2 but the value figures are of uniform thickness.
 * M# with “U” prefix.
 * TM: DC
 * V/F: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg=0/0=  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg=0/==



'''C4. Neopost “305” ''' (MV).
 * As Type A3 but with revised inscriptions.
 * M# with “N” prefix.
 * TM: DC
 * V/F: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg=0/0=  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg=0/==  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg =0/0(½)\

NOTE: Meter N70 (shown) has narrower spacing between the town mark and frank than others of this type.

'''C5. Neopost “305” ''' (MV). [$5]
 * As Type C4 but with straight-line outer border.
 * M# with “N” prefix.
 * TM: DC
 * V/F: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg•00

'''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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg•00

'''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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ≋ 000


 * a. Town mark negative letters in solid ring



'''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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ≋ 0.00  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ≋ 000.oo (".oo" breaks ornaments at right)


 * a. Town mark negative letters in solid ring



'''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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ≋ 0.00  MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ≋ 000.oo



'''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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg ≋ 0000

GROUP PO: Stamps generated by franking systems in Post Offices
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: MeterCat 5 spaces.jpg 0.00 GHC