Building a hut
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.MDG.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scoutisme
1974.MDG.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Madagascar (MDG)- Year / date
- 1974-02-14
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 Fmg
- 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.
- ✓ 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
- Panes
- 25
- Size
- 26 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MG 505
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MG 706
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MG 539
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MG-R 270
Notes
Vertical. Three Scouts: one sawing a beam, one with an axe, one thatching a hut among palms, with a town skyline behind. Africa-and-fleur-de-lis disc at upper right. Inscribed SCOUTISME, POSTES, REPOBLIKA MALAGASY and 15 Fmg. Signed H. MONVOISIN.
Series history
Madagascar issued four stamps at Tananarive on 14 February 1974, inscribed SCOUTISME and REPOBLIKA MALAGASY. Michel Monvoisin designed and engraved the set; the postage values are signed H. MONVOISIN and the airmails M. MONVOISIN. The Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris, printed it in recess, comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The 4 and 15 francs malgaches are vertical, about 26 × 40 mm, and inscribed POSTES. The 100 and 300 francs malgaches are horizontal airmails, about 40 × 26 mm, inscribed POSTE AERIENNE. Each design carries a disc with a map of Africa and the Scout fleur-de-lis.
The 4 Fmg places camp work inside a zebu-head outline. The 15 Fmg shows Scouts sawing, carrying an axe and thatching a hut. The 100 Fmg is a first-aid tent with a red cross. The 300 Fmg is a pirogue with a large stylised fish.