✓ In collectionPostalStamp50 F
Jeunesse pionnière — pickaxe and machete
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1963.CAF.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Jeunesse pionnière
1963.CAF.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Central African Republic (CAF)- Year / date
- 1963-10-14
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 F
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Blue | Brown
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Pierre Béquet
- Printer
- Chaix-Desfossés
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.6
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CF 27
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CF 39
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CF 29
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CF 39
Notes
Young man with pickaxe and young woman with machete before a modern building and radiant sun; legend JEUNESSE PIONNIERE
Series history
The Central African Republic issued a 50-franc commemorative on 14 October 1963 inscribed JEUNESSE PIONNIERE. Pierre Béquet's recess engraving shows a young man with a pickaxe and a young woman with a machete standing before a multi-storey building and a radiant sun, in blue and brown. The margins carry his signature and the CHAIX imprint of Chaix-Desfossés. Comb perforation 12½. Imperforate copies exist.