Scouts in a pirogue
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.DHY.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- World Scout Conference, Addis Ababa and Nairobi
1973.DHY.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Dahomey (DHY)- Year / date
- 1973-07-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 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
- Designer
- Michel Monvoisin
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Size
- 52 × 32 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.8
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DY C182
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DY 516
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DY PA185
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DY 499
Notes
Three Scouts in a wooden pirogue among reeds, one poling from the stern, another with a small green flag. Disc at upper left with the map of Africa and the World Scout emblem. Inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU DAHOMEY, SCOUTISME, POSTE AERIENNE, ADDIS-ABEBA - NAIROBI - 1973, 15F and M. MONVOISIN.
Series history
Dahomey issued three airmail stamps and a souvenir sheet at Cotonou on 2 July 1973, inscribed SCOUTISME, POSTE AERIENNE and ADDIS-ABEBA - NAIROBI - 1973. Michel Monvoisin designed and engraved the set; the stamps are signed MONVOISIN. The Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris, printed it in recess, comb perforated 13. Horizontal values measure about 52 × 32 mm, the 20 f about 32 × 52 mm. The issue was withdrawn on 30 April 1975.
The 15 f shows three Scouts in a pirogue among reeds, one poling. The 20 f is a blue portrait of Baden-Powell in a Scout hat, lettered 1857 - BADEN POWELL - 1941. The 40 f shows Scouts building a log footbridge over a stream. Each design carries a disc with the map of Africa and the World Scout emblem.
The souvenir sheet (about 180 × 100 mm) places the three airmails in a row on a card inscribed CONFERENCE MONDIALE DU SCOUTISME, with fleur-de-lis ornaments in the side margins and the imprint Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste — France. Combined face value 75 f. Nairobi hosted the 24th World Scout Conference in July 1973.