Scouts building a wall
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.EAC.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 24th World Scout Conference, Nairobi
1973.EAC.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
East Africa (Kenya Uganda Tanzania) (EAC)- Year / date
- 1973-07-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€2.00 for 4 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Rena Fennessy
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 5,600,000
- Size
- 28 × 44 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- EA 263
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- EA 251
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- EA 248
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- EA 329
Notes
Two Scouts in campaign hats and blue neckerchiefs laying a brick wall, one with a trowel. Purple disc with the World Scout emblem at upper left. Captioned LEARNING BY SERVING. Inscribed 24th WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE NAIROBI 1973, KENYA UGANDA TANZANIA and 40c.
Series history
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania issued four commemorative stamps on 16 July 1973 for the 24th World Scout Conference in Nairobi. Rena Fennessy designed the set; Harrison & Sons printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14½, about 28 × 44 mm, in panes of 50 as two blocks of 25 with a gutter. Each stamp is inscribed 24th WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE NAIROBI 1973; the three country names rotate in order at the foot.
The 40 c shows two Scouts laying a brick wall, captioned LEARNING BY SERVING (5,600,000). The 70 c shows Baden-Powell's gravestone at Nyeri, Kenya, with the Scout and Guide emblems and the trail sign for gone home (1,200,000). The 1.50 s shows the World Scout emblem in a purple disc (600,000). The 2.50 s is a portrait of Baden-Powell in a campaign hat (260,000).