Lord Baden-Powell, overprinted
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.DHY.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th Pan-Arab Scout Jamboree, Batroun
1974.DHY.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Dahomey (DHY)- Year / date
- 1974-07-19
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 140 f on 20 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 and typography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Size
- 32 x 52 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.33
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DY C218
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DY 573
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DY PA214
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DY 548
Notes
1973 Scoutisme airmail: blue portrait of Baden-Powell in a Scout hat, lettered 1857 - BADEN POWELL - 1941; disc with the map of Africa and the World Scout emblem. Original 20F barred; surcharged 140F. Overprinted in red XIe JAMBOREE / PANARABE DE / BATROUN - LIBAN. Inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU DAHOMEY, SCOUTISME, POSTE AERIENNE, ADDIS ABEBA - NAIROBI 1973 and M. MONVOISIN.
Series history
Dahomey issued two airmail stamps in Cotonou on 19 July 1974, overprinted and surcharged on the 1973 Scoutisme pair. The 15 francs, three Scouts in a pirogue among reeds, was barred and revalued 100 francs, overprinted in black XIe JAMBORÉE PANARABE DE BATROUN — LIBAN. The 20 francs, a portrait of Baden-Powell in a Scout hat, was barred and revalued 140 francs, overprinted in red XIe JAMBOREE PANARABE DE BATROUN - LIBAN. Michel Monvoisin designed and engraved the underlying stamps, signed M. MONVOISIN; the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris, printed them by recess, comb perforated 13, with the overprint in typography.