Three Scouts
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.BEN.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- African Jamboree, Jos, Nigeria
1976.BEN.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Benin (BEN)- Year / date
- 1976-08-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 70 f
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Claude Andréotto
- Printer
- Delrieu, Paris
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½
- Panes
- 25
- Size
- 50 x 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BJ 353
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BJ 56
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BJ 371
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BJ 620
Notes
Inscribed REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU BENIN, POSTES and JAMBOREE AFRICAIN JOS. NIGERIA 1976. Three Scouts stand with arms across one another's shoulders against foliage; a circular Scout fleur-de-lis is at upper left. Signed C. ANDREOTTO and DELRIEU. 70F.
Series history
The People's Republic of Benin issued two commemoratives at Cotonou on 16 August 1976 for the African Scout Jamboree at Jos, Nigeria. Each stamp is landscape, 50 × 30 mm, inscribed REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU BENIN, POSTES and JAMBOREE AFRICAIN JOS, NIGERIA 1976, and carries a circular Scout fleur-de-lis. Claude Andréotto designed the pair. Delrieu, Paris, printed it in offset lithography, comb perforated 12½, in panes of 25, without watermark. The stamps are signed C. ANDREOTTO and DELRIEU.
The 50 franc shows a camp scene — a Scout stirring a pot at a table, two others seated — beside close portraits of two Scouts, one in a wide-brimmed hat. The 70 franc shows three Scouts standing with their arms across one another's shoulders against foliage.
Imperforate stamps of the same designs are known; they are not given separate numbers.