1967.DHY.0112th World Scout Jamboree in Idaho
Dahomey·1967
12th World Scout Jamboree, Idaho, U.S.A.; issued at Cotonou, 7 August 1967
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1967.DHY.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Dahomey (DHY)
- Year
- 1967-08-07
- Event
- 12th World Scout Jamboree, Idaho, U.S.A.; issued at Cotonou, 7 August 1967
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative · Airmail
Production
- Designer
- Michel Monvoisin
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.28; 967.29; 967.30; 967.31
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DY 239; DY 240; DY C59; DY C59a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DY 321; DY 322; DY 323; DY BL9
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DY 259; DY 260; DY PA64; DY BF9
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DY 298; DY 299; DY 300; DY MS301
History
On 7 August 1967 Dahomey issued three commemorative stamps and a souvenir sheet at Cotonou for the 12th World Scout Jamboree held in Idaho, United States. Michel Monvoisin designed the set; the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste in Paris printed it in recess, comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 1 January 1969.
The 30 f (horizontal) shows Scouts with backpacks climbing a reddish rocky slope toward a dark peak, with the jamboree emblem inset at upper left. The 70 f (horizontal) shows three Scouts launching a canoe beside a tree and hills, with the emblem at upper right. The 100 f airmail (vertical) presents the jamboree emblem above a compass rose and braided ropes, with a world-map silhouette below, inscribed POSTE AERIENNE.
The souvenir sheet, face value 200 f, gathers the three designs — the airmail stamp elevated at centre between the two postage values — on a cream margin reading WORLD JAMBOREE 1967 / IDAHO — USA, with IMPRIMERIE DES TIMBRES-POSTE - PARIS at lower right. An imperforate souvenir sheet of the three designs is recorded in a printing of 50.
Notes
- Imperforate souvenir sheet of three realized $140 at Cherrystone Auctions, 8–9 January 2019, lot 447 (catalogued there as Scott C59a var; printing of 50). https://www.cherrystoneauctions.com/_auction/results.asp?auction=201901&lotnum=447
Stamps in this series
4 piecesScouts climbing mountain
Scouts launching canoe
Jamboree emblem