✓ In collectionPostalStamp85 f
Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.COG.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree
1971.COG.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Congo (COG)- Year / date
- 1971-08-25
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 85 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- Engraved
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.43
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CG C124
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CG 314
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CG A125
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CG 306
Series history
The People's Republic of the Congo issued four airmail commemoratives at Brazzaville on 25 August 1971 for the 13th World Scout Jamboree in Japan: 85, 90, 100 and 250 francs. Jacques Combet designed the set; the French Stamp Printing Office engraved it, comb perforated 13.
