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1979.BEN.01Surcharge on the African Jamboree design
Benin·1979
African Jamboree, Jos, Nigeria — 50 F new face value
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1979.BEN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Benin (BEN)
- Year
- 1979
- Event
- African Jamboree, Jos, Nigeria — 50 F new face value
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Claude Andréotto
- Printer
- Delrieu, Paris
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½
Catalog numbers
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BJ 446C
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BJ C198
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BJ 743b
History
In 1979 the People's Republic of Benin released the three-Scout African Jamboree design with a new face value of 50 francs. The stamp remains inscribed REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU BENIN, POSTES and JAMBOREE AFRICAIN JOS, NIGERIA 1976, with the circular Scout fleur-de-lis, the signatures C. ANDREOTTO and DELRIEU, and three Scouts standing with their arms across one another's shoulders. Claude Andréotto designed the original; Delrieu, Paris, printed it in offset lithography, comb perforated 12½, 50 × 30 mm, without watermark. Sources give the year 1979 but no day of issue.