Ghana 1957 Independence Overprint

Ghana · 1957 · 2d

This stamp is an overprint on a Gold Coast definitive issue featuring Queen Elizabeth II. The overprint, reading 'GHANA INDEPENDENCE 6th MARCH 1957', commemorates the nation's transition from the British colony of the Gold Coast to the independent nation of Ghana. The base stamp is a two-pence carmine-red definitive from the Wilding series.

Issued on March 6, 1957, this stamp marks the exact day Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from European colonial rule.