Scout watering a gazelle
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.NER.02-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Boy Scouts of Niger
1973.NER.02· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Niger (NER)- Year / date
- 1973-03-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 100 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
- Pierre Forget
- Printer
- French Stamp Printing Office
- Process
- Engraved
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NE C208
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NE 372
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NE PA208
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NE 473
Notes
A kneeling Scout offering a bowl of water to a gazelle, a second gazelle behind; two Scouts at a tree in the distance. Circular fleur-de-lis emblem at lower right. Inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER, POSTE AERIENNE 1973, scoutisme, 100 F and FORGET.
Series history
Niger issued four airmail commemoratives at Niamey on 21 March 1973 for the Boy Scouts of Niger. Pierre Forget designed the set; the stamps are inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER, POSTE AERIENNE, scoutisme and 1973. The 25 f shows a Scout listening on a handheld radio, with a radio camp, camels and tents behind, and is signed FORGET 1973. The 50 f shows Scouts bandaging a head wound and carrying a stretcher, with a red cross, and is signed BEQUET. The 100 f shows a Scout offering a bowl of water to a gazelle, and is signed FORGET. The 150 f shows two Scout profiles with a gazelle, a sunburst, fish in a band of water and a bird in cupped hands. The French Stamp Printing Office printed the set by recess, comb perforated 13.
