Young Pioneer women on parade
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.TGO.01-21- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Rural Pioneer Youth
1969.TGO.01· piece 21 of 21 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Togo (TGO)- Year / date
- 1969-10-18
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 500 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
- Designer
- Gabriel Shamir and Maxim Shamir
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 40 × 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.72
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TG C119
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TG 754
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TG PA121
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TG 695
Notes
Young Pioneer women in white tops and purple shorts marching behind a leader in khaki, magenta ground. Left strip: JPA shield and DEFILE DES JEUNES PIONNIERES. Inscribed POSTE AERIENNE.
Series history
Togo issued twenty-one lithographed stamps on 18 October 1969 for the Jeunesse pionnière rurale and the related Jeunesse pionnière agricole. Some listings date part of the set 21 March 1970. Gabriel Shamir and Maxim Shamir designed the series. The stamps measure 40 × 25 mm and are comb perforated 14. Sixteen values are ordinary postage, inscribed POSTES; the 90 f, 100 f, 200 f, 250 f and 500 f are inscribed POSTE AÉRIENNE. Each design carries REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE and a left-hand shield with the Togolese flag, lettered JPR, JPA or JPO, often with a fleur-de-lis. The 3 f commemorates the creation of the agricultural Pioneer movement in March 1962. Several values show the agricultural training centre at Glidji. An imperforate printing of the set is also recorded. Sources give no printer.