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Postscript From 25A

and were differentiated from the first issue, which were titled SILVER JUBILEE in silver ink, with the caption SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL VISIT, also in silver ink. Only Garry Sobers!

1979, the International Year of the Child was acknowledged with the release of stamp sets by the Windward Islands of Dominica and Grenada, on the same day, 23rd April, 1979. The third of four stamps issued by the former featured children playing cricket (50 cents) was designed by BG Studio. The first of three stamps issued by the latter also featured children playing cricket (18 cents) and was designed by John Waddington. The final cricket stamp issued for the 1970s decade also came from Grenada which released another set of nine stamps commemorating the International Year of the Child. The stamps featured the Walt Disney cartoon characters Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Minnie Mouse participating in a variety of sporting events. The five cent showed Mickey Mouse padded, gloved and capped, leaning on his bat and enjoying a cup of tea at the wicket. The set of stamps were designed by Format Security Printers.

In addition to reflecting the economics of the day, the cricket stamps also provide a valuable pictorial history of events in the West Indies

Cletus Henriques was an artist who worked at the History and Artists Council assisting in the organising and staging of art exhibitions. A former student of St Stanislaus College, Henriques spent many years in Brazil, where he received formal training, and worked in an antiquarian workshop, which produced small icons of Christian saints and also designed jewellery. Within a few weeks of the release of the stamps in Guyana, Henriques was found murdered in his apartment at Fulton Court at Church and Irving streets, Georgetown. His death remains an unsolved cold case.

Thanks to Henriques’ fellow artist, Stanley Greaves for Henriques’ bio.