Two Scouts with pennant
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.DZA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 8th Arab Jamboree
1968.DZA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Algeria (DZA)- Year / date
- 1968-07-04
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0.30 d
- 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
- Bachir Yelles
- Printer
- French Stamp Printing Office
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 25
- Size
- 26 × 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.18
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DZ 403
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DZ 509
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DZ 473
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DZ 516
Notes
Two Scouts in uniform raise a white triangular pennant above orange campfire flames; a circular emblem with a white flower on blue, framed by laurel, sits at upper left; faint Scout figures in the background.
Series history
Algeria issued a single commemorative on 4 July 1968 for the 8th Arab Scout Jamboree, held in Algiers. Bachir Yelles designed the stamp; the French Stamp Printing Office printed it by photogravure in panes of twenty-five, comb perforated 13, in the format 26 × 40 mm, without watermark. The print run was 1,000,000. The stamp remained on sale until 6 November 1971.
The design shows two Scouts in uniform raising a white triangular pennant above stylised campfire flames, with a circular emblem — a white flower on a blue field framed by laurel — at upper left and faint Scout figures behind. The stamp is inscribed 8e JAMBOREE ARABE - ALGER 1968 and valued at 0.30 dinar.