Dance and Pioneer emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1966.MLI.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pionniers maliens
1966.MLI.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Mali (MLI)- Year / date
- 1966-07-25
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 f
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 40 x 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 966.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- ML 95
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- ML 133
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- ML 97
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- ML 133
Notes
Five Pioneers in light shirts and berets reach toward the centre with hands meeting in a shared dance gesture; the AGIR shield stands at lower left. Inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU MALI and PIONNIERS MALIENS; POSTES vertical; value 25 F.
Series history
Mali issued two commemorative stamps on 25 July 1966 for the Malian Pioneers. Both are recess-printed after designs by Jacques Derrey, comb perforated 13, and measure about 40 × 25 mm. Each is inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU MALI and, at the foot, PIONNIERS MALIENS; POSTES runs vertically in the margin. The Pioneer shield — the green, yellow and red of the national flag with the motto AGIR — appears on both values.
The 5 f shows the initiation oath: a Pioneer in white shirt and red beret extends his right arm forward, palm down, while a line of similarly uniformed youths returns the same gesture, the AGIR shield between them. The 25 f shows five Pioneers in berets reaching toward the centre with hands meeting in a shared dance gesture, the same shield at lower left.
Face values are 5 and 25 francs. Imperforate copies of the pair are recorded.