Scouts with a torch and a monkey, overprinted
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.MLI.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 28th World Scout Conference in Dakar
1981.MLI.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Mali (MLI)- Year / date
- 1981-06-29
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 160 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
- Odette Baillais
- Printer
- EDILA (Éditions de l'Aubetin, Geneva)
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 25
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.49
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- ML 430
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- ML 869
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- ML 430
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- ML 867
Notes
The June 160 franc design — two Scouts seated, one holding a torch, a monkey’s head on a red pennant — overprinted in red 28e CONFERENCE MONDIALE DU SCOUTISME and DAKAR 8 AOUT 1981. Underlying lettering RÉPUBLIQUE DU MALI, POSTES, 160F and 4e conférence africaine du scoutisme-Abidjan juin 1981. Signed O. BAILLAIS and EDILA.
Series history
Mali issued three commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Bamako on 29 June 1981, overprinted in red on the June stamps for the 4th African Scout Conference at Abidjan. The overprint reads 28e CONFERENCE MONDIALE DU SCOUTISME and DAKAR 8 AOUT 1981. The underlying stamps remain lettered RÉPUBLIQUE DU MALI, POSTES and 4e conférence africaine du scoutisme-Abidjan juin 1981, and signed O. BAILLAIS and EDILA.
Odette Baillais designed the original set. EDILA (Éditions de l'Aubetin, Geneva) printed it by offset lithography; the red overprint is also offset. The three stamps are comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The 110 franc shows two Scouts at a wooden mortar among thatched huts, with a gazelle’s head on a green pennant. The 160 franc shows two Scouts seated, one holding a torch, with a monkey’s head on a red pennant. The 300 franc shows a Scout giving the Scout salute against a map of Africa, with a cheetah’s head on a yellow pennant.
The 500 franc souvenir sheet, 120 × 90 mm, comb perforated 12 × 12½, carries the same red overprint on the margin around the green fleur-de-lis and on the Baden-Powell portrait. The sheet exists imperforate.
