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1968.DZA.018th Arab Jamboree
Algeria·1968
8th Arab Scout Jamboree, Algiers, 1968
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.DZA.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Algeria (DZA)
- Year
- 1968-07-04
- Event
- 8th Arab Scout Jamboree, Algiers, 1968
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Bachir Yelles
- Printer
- French Stamp Printing Office
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.18
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DZ 403
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DZ 509
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DZ 473
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DZ 516
History
Algeria issued a single commemorative on 4 July 1968 for the 8th Arab Scout Jamboree, held in Algiers. Bachir Yelles designed the stamp; the French Stamp Printing Office printed it by photogravure in panes of twenty-five, comb perforated 13, in the format 26 × 40 mm, without watermark. The print run was 1,000,000. The stamp remained on sale until 6 November 1971.
The design shows two Scouts in uniform raising a white triangular pennant above stylised campfire flames, with a circular emblem — a white flower on a blue field framed by laurel — at upper left and faint Scout figures behind. The stamp is inscribed 8e JAMBOREE ARABE - ALGER 1968 and valued at 0.30 dinar.