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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.MLI.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Mali (MLI)
- Year
- 1970-12-28
- Event
- Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Claude Jumelet
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13 × 12½ (also 12½ × 13; also imperforate)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.45/47
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- ML 145; ML 146; ML 147
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- ML 260; ML 261; ML 262
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- ML 147; ML 148; ML 149
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- ML 260; ML 261; ML 262
History
Mali issued three commemoratives at Bamako on 28 December 1970, inscribed SCOUTISME. Claude Jumelet designed the set; the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste in Paris printed it, comb perforated 13 × 12½ on the horizontal values and 12½ × 13 on the vertical 30 francs. The 5 francs shows two Scouts on the bank pointing toward two others crossing a log bridge. The 30 francs shows a Scout sounding a horn beside a campfire, with others holding torches by a flagpole. The 100 francs shows Scouts paddling two pirogues on a river. Each stamp is inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU MALI and POSTES and carries a Scout fleur-de-lis. The designs were also issued without perforation, and as de luxe proofs on cards marked IMPRIMERIE DES TIMBRES-POSTE - PARIS.