Scouts and monitor, perforated
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.TGO.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Togolese Scouts
1968.TGO.01· piece 5 of 15 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Togo (TGO)- Year / date
- 1968-11-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 45 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
- Designer
- Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Israel Government Printers
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 52 × 31 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.41
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TG 660
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TG 676
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TG 592
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TG 617
Notes
Scout leader guiding two Cub Scouts; one gives the Scout salute
Series history
Togo issued seven lithographed stamps at Lomé on 23 November 1968 honouring Togolese Boy Scouts. Maxim Shamir designed the set for the Israel Government Printers. The 5 f shows a Scout with backpack before a green tent; the 10 f and 45 f show a leader with two Cub Scouts (one shading his eyes on the lower value, one saluting on the higher); the 20 f shows first-aid practice; and the 30 f shows two Scouts locking arms to lift a third. The 60 f and 90 f airmail stamps repeat the first-aid and Scout-game designs with the airmail inscription. Singles are comb-perforated 14 in panes of forty; imperforate singles of the seven designs also exist. A souvenir sheet gathers the two airmail values on an olive ground, the stamps showing simulated perforations.