Canoeing and cooking, overprint
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1975.TGO.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 14th World Scout Jamboree
1975.TGO.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Togo (TGO)- Year / date
- 1975-11-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 300 f
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- 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
- Gabriel Shamir and Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Israel Government Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Simulated
- Size
- 107 × 97 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.58
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TG C266a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TG BL98
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TG BF91
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TG MS1109
Notes
Souvenir sheet 100 F + 200 F on a gold ground with a large tent outline, World Scout fleur-de-lis and 1ère CONFÉRENCE MONDIALE BOY SCOUTS EN AFRIQUE. Both stamp designs carry the black overprint 14ème JAMBOREE MONDIAL DES ECLAIREURS. Margin REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE; signed SHAMIR.
Series history
Togo issued two airmail overprints and a souvenir sheet at Lomé on 7 November 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree. The black surcharge reads 14ème JAMBOREE MONDIAL DES ECLAIREURS. It was applied to the 100-franc canoeing and 200-franc cooking airmails of 1973, and to their sheet, which remain inscribed 1ère CONFÉRENCE MONDIALE BOY SCOUTS EN AFRIQUE, POSTE AERIENNE and REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE, and are signed SHAMIR.
Gabriel Shamir and Maxim Shamir designed the underlying stamps. The Israel Government Printers lithographed them, comb perforated 14, 52 × 30 mm. The 1975 souvenir sheet measures about 107 × 97 mm, with a gold tent outline and a World Scout fleur-de-lis; the stamp frames are simulated.