At the fire-side
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1960.TUN.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 4th Arab Jamboree in Tunis
1960.TUN.01· piece 5 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Tunisia (TUN)- Year / date
- 1960-08-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 m
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Ben Abdallah
- Printer
- L'Institut de Gravure
- Process
- Engraving (recess)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13
- Size
- 27 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 960.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TN 372
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TN 561
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TN 514
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TN 523
Notes
Scout with staff beside a campfire
Series history
Tunisia issued five commemoratives at Tunis on 9 August 1960 for the 4th Pan-Arab Jamboree. The stamps are inscribed 4e JAMBOREE ARABE · 9 AOÛT 1960 and carry the series title RÉPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE.
Each value has its own designer and engraver. The 10 m green allegory (Combet / Gorgi) shows a young woman and a young man holding a fleur-de-lis between them. The 25 m (El Mekki / Gandon) places three Scout faces in the fingers of a raised hand above a tent, with a red fleur-de-lis beside. The 30 m (Yahia / R. Cami) shows a Scout sounding a horn before a tent among trees. The 40 m (Bellasha / Pheulpin) turns a peacock into a fleur-de-lis with crescent and star. The 60 m purple (Ben Abdallah / Mazelin) shows a Scout with a staff beside a campfire.
L'Institut de Gravure recess-printed the set in panes of twenty-five, perforated 13. Imperforate examples of the five designs are known.