✓ In collectionPostalStamp90 f
Scout facing right — silver foil
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.COG.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — foil
1971.COG.02· piece 1 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Congo (COG)- Year / date
- 1971-07-14
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 90 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Silver
- 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 11¼
- Printing
- Embossed
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.36
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CG 256Ab
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CG 307
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CG 311
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CG 299
Notes
Embossed silver-foil portrait of a Scout in a campaign hat, facing right; fleur-de-lis at upper left; 90 f; REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO.
Series history
The People's Republic of the Congo issued gold and silver foil stamps at Brazzaville on 14 July 1971 for the 13th World Scout Jamboree in Japan. Boccard designed four 90 franc silver-foil portraits — three Scouts and Baden-Powell — issued se-tenant, and a 1,000 franc gold-foil airmail with Baden-Powell, Scouts and a Japanese pagoda. The stamps are embossed; the silver values are comb perforated 11¼ and the gold airmail is die-cut 10½. Postal standing of the foil issue is unsettled.
