$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.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 05 August, 2011.