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1965.CAF.01Honoring Scouting
Honoring Scouting
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1965.CAF.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Central African Republic (CAF)
- Year
- 1965-09-27
- Event
- Honoring Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Claude Haley
- Printer
- French Stamp Printing Office
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.21/22
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CF 56; CF 57
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CF 91; CF 92
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CF 58; CF 59
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CF 96; CF 97
History
The Central African Republic issued two recess commemoratives at Bangui on 27 September 1965 honouring Scouting. Claude Haley designed and engraved both values; the French Stamp Printing Office printed them. The stamps measure 41 × 27 mm and are perforated comb 13. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 10 March 1967.
The 25 F shows a campfire of three logs with red flames against a magenta hatched ground, a blue vertical panel with Scout emblems — tents, a fleur-de-lis and a badge — and a rope-like border at right. The 50 F shows a Scout in profile wearing a broad-brimmed hat and neckerchief, with tent symbols at left and triangular panels bearing an elephant, a crocodile and an antelope at right.