World Jamboree badge, sun and compass
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.GAB.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 12th World Scout Jamboree in Idaho
1967.GAB.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Gabon (GAB)- Year / date
- 1967-08-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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
- 32 x 52 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.26
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GA C56
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GA 283
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GA PA58
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GA 299
Notes
Vertical airmail: 1967 World Jamboree Idaho badge at upper left, radiating orange sun, green compass dial on a north–south axis, and the Big Dipper pointing north over curved blue bands. Inscribed REPUBLIQUE GABONAISE, POSTE AERIENNE and JAMBOREE 1967; value 50F. Signed C. HALEY.
Series history
Gabon issued two airmail stamps at Libreville on 1 August 1967 for the 12th World Scout Jamboree, held in Idaho, United States. Claude Haley designed and engraved the set; the French Stamp Printing Office in Paris printed it in recess, comb perforated 13. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 29 June 1968.
The 50 f shows the 1967 World Jamboree Idaho badge, a radiating sun, a green compass dial on a north–south axis, and the Big Dipper pointing north over curved blue bands. The 100 f shows a Scout on a map of the Americas waving toward another Scout with staff and pack on a map of Africa, with the same jamboree badge at upper right. Both stamps are inscribed République Gabonaise, Poste Aérienne and Jamboree 1967.
Both values also exist imperforate.