Scout in profile
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.CAF.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Honoring Scouting
1965.CAF.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Central African Republic (CAF)- Year / date
- 1965-09-27
- 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
- Brown | Dark blue
- 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
- Claude Haley
- Printer
- French Stamp Printing Office
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Size
- 41 × 27 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.22
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CF 57
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CF 92
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CF 59
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CF 97
Notes
Scout in profile with broad-brimmed hat and neckerchief; tents at left; elephant, crocodile and antelope motifs at right
Series 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 The issue was withdrawn from sale on 10 March 1967.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.