1981.GAB.0228th World Scout Conference in Dakar
Gabon·1981
28th World Scout Conference, Dakar
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1981.GAB.02- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Gabon (GAB)
- Year
- 1981-07-23
- Event
- 28th World Scout Conference, Dakar
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Odette Baillais
- Printer
- Delrieu, Paris
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.42
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GA 478
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GA 798
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GA 471
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GA 784
History
Gabon issued a 75-franc commemorative at Libreville on 23 July 1981, overprinted in black on the July stamp for the 4th Pan-African Scout Congress at Abidjan. The overprint reads DAKAR / 28e CONFERENCE MONDIALE DU SCOUTISME. The underlying stamp remains lettered RÉPUBLIQUE GABONAISE, 75F, LE SCOUTISME GABONAIS AU SERVICE DU DEVELOPPEMENT NATIONAL, POSTES, ABIDJAN, 4e CONGRES PANAFRICAIN DU SCOUTISME - Août 1981, and signed O.BAILLAIS and DELRIEU. A yellow map of Gabon on a green and blue ground still carries a brown Scout sign and the motto PRÊT À SERVIR.
Odette Baillais designed the original stamp. Delrieu of Paris printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 12½, 28 × 48 mm, in panes of 25. The overprinted stamp also exists imperforate.
