Ghana 1959 2½d Kwame Nkrumah and Map
Ghana · 1959 · 2½d
This definitive stamp features a portrait of Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, a key figure in Ghana's independence movement, set against a map of the country. The design highlights the new nation's identity and its leader. The denomination is two and a half pence.
Issued in 1959, this stamp was part of a definitive series released two years after Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule in 1957.
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Photogravure
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