Scout saluting
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.CMR.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 4th African Conference of Scouting, Abidjan
1981.CMR.01· piece 4 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Cameroon (CMR)- Year / date
- 1981-10-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 500 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Louis-Marie Lemana
- Printer
- Cartor
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Panes
- 25
- Size
- 30 × 40 mm
Notes
Portrait of a Scout in a blue beret, white shirt and blue neckerchief giving the Scout salute, against the green, red and yellow of the Cameroon flag. Lettered 500F. Inscribed RÉPUBLIQUE UNIE DU CAMEROUN, UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON, 4eme CONFERENCE AFRICAINE DU SCOUTISME - ABIDJAN, POSTE AERIENNE and 1981. Signed LEMANA LOUIS MARIE and CARTOR. Imperforate.
Series history
The United Republic of Cameroon issued two airmail commemoratives at Yaoundé on 5 October 1981 for the 4th African Conference of Scouting in Abidjan. Each stamp is lettered RÉPUBLIQUE UNIE DU CAMEROUN, UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON, 4eme CONFERENCE AFRICAINE DU SCOUTISME - ABIDJAN, POSTE AERIENNE and 1981, and signed LEMANA LOUIS MARIE and CARTOR.
The 100 francs, on a white ground, shows the World Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle with a three-finger salute above it and the Cameroon flag below.
The 500 francs is a portrait of a Scout in a blue beret, white shirt and blue neckerchief giving the Scout salute, against the green, red and yellow of the Cameroon flag.
Louis-Marie Lemana designed the stamps. Cartor printed them by offset lithography, about 30 × 40 mm, in panes of 25. Sources give the perforation as comb 12½ or 13 × 12½. Both values exist imperforate.