Ghana Independence Overprint on Gold Coast Stamp

Ghana · 1957 · 2d

This stamp is an overprint on a Gold Coast definitive issue featuring Queen Elizabeth II. The overprint, in red ink, reads 'GHANA INDEPENDENCE 6th MARCH 1957', commemorating the nation's transition from a British colony to an independent state within the Commonwealth. This stamp marks the very beginning of Ghana's independent postal history.

Issued on March 6, 1957, this stamp celebrates the day the British colony of the Gold Coast became Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from European colonial rule.