VI World Scout Jamboree Moisson — 5 F
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1947.FRA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- VI World Scout Jamboree, Moisson — Jamboree de la Paix
1947.FRA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
France (FRA)- Year / date
- 1947-08-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 F
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Brown
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb13
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 26 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 947.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FR 587
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FR 786
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FR 787
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FR 1017
Notes
Jamboree / Scout emblem. Recess, comb 13, sheets of 50. Domfil 947.15. Print run 2,875,000 (SOSOW). Designer & engraver Jules Piel.
Series history
On 2 August 1947 France issued a 5 franc brown commemorative for the 6th World Scout Jamboree held at Moisson (Yvelines) — known as the Jamboree de la Paix / Peace Jamboree, the first world jamboree after the Second World War. Domfil catalogues the stamp as 947.15 under «International Jamboree», motif «Emblem» (the jamboree / Scout emblem design).
The stamp was designed and engraved by Jules Piel, printed in recess at the French Stamp Printing Office, comb 13, format about 26 × 40 mm, sheets of 50. SOSOW records a print run of 2,875,000 (Scott 587 / Michel 786 / Yvert 787). Face value is ordinary postage (not a semi-postal).
This is a pure Scouts-on-Stamps commemorative: issued for the world jamboree itself, with a Scout emblem design, rather than a general charity or political set that happens to include one Scout vignette. Specialty material from the same production — colour proofs, an artist’s proof of an unissued 3.50 franc value, and deluxe sheets with punched holes — is shown only as optional related images, not as separate catalog pieces of this series.
ATA 1964 records about 40,000 Scouts from forty-eight countries at the Moisson Peace Jamboree and describes the design as the Jamboree insignia with the double carrick-bend knot. Imperforate artist’s proofs in various colours are noted — matching the colour proofs and deluxe material often collected alongside the issued 5 f stamp.
