$10.00 - Souvenir Sheet - Cricket Legends of Barbados Inc.

Cricket Legends of Barbados Inc. is a company comprising shareholders who are living retired Barbadians that have represented the West Indies at Cricket. There were originally forty-two members

of this newly formed group. One of the founder members, Sir Clyde Walcott has since died. Before

his death he was named as one of the nine icons along with Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Everton Weekes,

Wesley “Wes” Hall, Charlie Griffith, Seymour Nurse, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge and Desmond

Haynes.

“We have all these great men who represented Barbados and the West Indies and they deserve to be honoured,” said Wes Hall, former great fast bowler and a past president of the West Indies Cricket Board.

The Legends aim to celebrate Barbados’ cricketing past and its heroes. They will also make celebrity appearances around the cricket world. Their office will be based at Herbert House, which is located near the famous Kensington Oval. The building is being transformed into offices, a museum, a restaurant and a bar that will be operational in April 2007.

Technical Details

Country              Barbados

Title                    ICC Cricket World Cup

Designer             A. Melville Brown

Printer                BDT International Security Printing Ltd.

Process               Four colour lithography and embossing of the trophy within the souvenir sheet

Stamp Size         28.45 x 42.58mm

Sheet Format      50 (2 x 25)

Souvenir Sheet   160 x 120mm

Watermark          Crown Agent Watermark Paper

Perforation 14 per 2cms

Release Date       19 March 2007

Value & Designs

$1.75 – Joel ‘Big Bird’ Garner

$2.10 – Old Kensington Oval

$3.00 – New Kensington Oval

$10.00 – Souvenir Sheet ICC CWC Trophy

Prices

Mint set    $6.85

FDC           $7.45

S/S           $10.00

S/S FDC    $10.60

The Souvenir Sheet border shows vignettes of famous cricketers; Charles Griffith, Sir Clyde Walcott,

Desmond Haynes, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Garfield Sobers, Gordon Greenidge, Wesley Hall, Seymour

Nurse, Joel Garner.

A history of the legends will be published in a booklet which is scheduled to go on sale in April 2007.

Images of the Legends are compliments of the Legends of Barbados Inc., and the image of New

Kensington Oval is compliments of The World Cup Barbados Inc. 

Customers in the United States of America are reminded that one U.S. Dollar is equal to Bds. $1.98.