Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1974.MDG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Madagascar (MDG)
- Year
- 1974-02-14
- Event
- Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative · Airmail
Production
- Designer
- Michel Monvoisin
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 25
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.2/5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MG 504; MG 505; MG C122; MG C123
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MG 705; MG 706; MG 707; MG 708
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MG 538; MG 539; MG PA135; MG PA136
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MG-R 269; MG-R 270; MG-R 271; MG-R 272
History
Madagascar issued four stamps at Tananarive on 14 February 1974, inscribed SCOUTISME and REPOBLIKA MALAGASY. Michel Monvoisin designed and engraved the set; the postage values are signed H. MONVOISIN and the airmails M. MONVOISIN. The Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris, printed it in recess, comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The 4 and 15 francs malgaches are vertical, about 26 × 40 mm, and inscribed POSTES. The 100 and 300 francs malgaches are horizontal airmails, about 40 × 26 mm, inscribed POSTE AERIENNE. Each design carries a disc with a map of Africa and the Scout fleur-de-lis.
The 4 Fmg places camp work inside a zebu-head outline. The 15 Fmg shows Scouts sawing, carrying an axe and thatching a hut. The 100 Fmg is a first-aid tent with a red cross. The 300 Fmg is a pirogue with a large stylised fish.
Notes
- Complete set of four signed artist die proofs realized $400 at Cherrystone Auctions, 5–6 September 2018, lot 311 (catalogued there as 1971 Malagasy Scouts; Scott 504–505, C122–123P). https://www.cherrystoneauctions.com/_auction/results.asp?auction=201809&lotnum=311