# 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: ½, 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: 0/0(½) =/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: =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: ½, 2, 3, 6, 9, 1/- [$50]
                                                 Value: 4 [$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: ½, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1/- [$10]
    Value seen: 1½ [$25]
C2. Universal “MultiValue” (MV).
    As Type A2 but with revised inscriptions.
    M# with “U” prefix.
    TM: DC
    V/F: 0/0(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: =0/0= =0/==
C4. Neopost “305” (MV).
    As Type A3 but with revised inscriptions.
    M# with “N” prefix.
    TM: DC
    V/F: =0/0= =0/== =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: 0•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: 0•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: ≋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: ≋0.00 ≋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: ≋0.00 ≋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: ≋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: 0.00 GHC