One Cent Magenta Stamp Tour with Lunch

Our first stop is a visit to the Manatee Pond in the National Park . Manatee’s were depicted on Guyanese stamps in 1993.

Visit the Walter Rodney Archive and see an original copy of the Royal Gazette newspaper which the 1 cent magenta was found on

Visit the original site of the Royal Gazette newspaper who were commissioned to print the 1 cent Magenta in 1856.

Guyana National Museum

Visit the Guyana Museum and see the original printing press that the 1 Cent Magenta Stamp was printed on. View the range of stamps that form part of the exhibition.

Parliament Building of Guyana

We then journey to the Parliament Building , the site of the first Post office in Guyana and view the original post box This was the Post Office where the 1 cent Magenta Stamp was sold

Then go to the Philatelic shop in the Georgetown Post Office and view and maybe purchase the Guyanese Stamps and First Day Covers .

Visit the Tortoise Protective Haven where 12 giant yellow and red footed tortoises roam. The tortoises featured on the 2012 Reptiles of South America Stamp edition.

Then its off to the Secret Garden with the coconut palm and bamboo gazebo where Eon John will prepare a sumptuous meal of traditional British fare with a Guyanese twist which the young finder of the stamp and his uncle the original owner of the 1 cent magenta would have enjoyed This will consist of Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding ,Roast Potatoes ,Baked Pumpkin, Callaloo and Gravy . After which a delightful fresh fruit salad with coconut patisserie and coconut jelly See the original Donald Duck comic that Walt Disney created in 1952 to chart Donald Ducks adventures into British Guinea to find the world’s rarest stamp and see photos of President Ali with the 1 cent Magenta in London