1975.TGO.0114th World Scout Jamboree
Togo·1975
14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1975.TGO.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Togo (TGO)
- Year
- 1975-11-07
- Event
- 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
Production
- Designer
- Gabriel Shamir and Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Israel Government Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.56/57; 975.58
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TG C265/C266; C266a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TG 1128A/1129A; BL98
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TG PA270/PA271; BF91
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TG 1107/1108; MS1109
History
Togo issued two airmail overprints and a souvenir sheet at Lomé on 7 November 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree. The black surcharge reads 14ème JAMBOREE MONDIAL DES ECLAIREURS. It was applied to the 100-franc canoeing and 200-franc cooking airmails of 1973, and to their sheet, which remain inscribed 1ère CONFÉRENCE MONDIALE BOY SCOUTS EN AFRIQUE, POSTE AERIENNE and REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE, and are signed SHAMIR.
Gabriel Shamir and Maxim Shamir designed the underlying stamps. The Israel Government Printers lithographed them, comb perforated 14, 52 × 30 mm. The 1975 souvenir sheet measures about 107 × 97 mm, with a gold tent outline and a World Scout fleur-de-lis; the stamp frames are simulated.