Scouts climbing mountain
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.DHY.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 12th World Scout Jamboree in Idaho
1967.DHY.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Dahomey (DHY)- Year / date
- 1967-08-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 30 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Bright blue | Red brown | Slate
- 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
- Michel Monvoisin
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Printing
- Recess
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.28
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DY 239
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DY 321
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DY 259
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DY 298
Notes
Horizontal design: Scouts with backpacks and wide-brimmed hats climbing a reddish-brown rocky slope toward a dark peak under a blue sky; the 12th World Jamboree emblem inset at upper left; inscribed JAMBOREE 1967 and POSTES. Designed by Michel Monvoisin.
Series history
On 7 August 1967 Dahomey issued three commemorative stamps and a souvenir sheet at Cotonou for the 12th World Scout Jamboree held in Idaho, United States. Michel Monvoisin designed the set; the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste in Paris printed it in recess, comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 1 January 1969.
The 30 f (horizontal) shows Scouts with backpacks climbing a reddish rocky slope toward a dark peak, with the jamboree emblem inset at upper left. The 70 f (horizontal) shows three Scouts launching a canoe beside a tree and hills, with the emblem at upper right. The 100 f airmail (vertical) presents the jamboree emblem above a compass rose and braided ropes, with a world-map silhouette below, inscribed POSTE AERIENNE.
The souvenir sheet, face value 200 f, gathers the three designs — the airmail stamp elevated at centre between the two postage values — on a cream margin reading WORLD JAMBOREE 1967 / IDAHO — USA, with IMPRIMERIE DES TIMBRES-POSTE - PARIS at lower right. An imperforate souvenir sheet of the three designs is recorded in a printing of 50.