Ghana Independence Overprint

Ghana · 1957 · 2d

This stamp is an overprint on a Gold Coast definitive issue featuring Queen Elizabeth II. The overprint reads "GHANA INDEPENDENCE 6th MARCH 1957" in black ink, commemorating the day the British colony of the Gold Coast became the independent nation of Ghana. This was the first stamp issued by the newly independent country.

Ghana's independence in 1957 was a landmark event, making it the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence from European colonial rule, inspiring similar movements across the continent.