Building a footbridge
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1966.DHY.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- The Scout Movement
1966.DHY.01· piece 4 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Dahomey (DHY)- Year / date
- 1966-10-17
- 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
- Dark brown | Green | Violet 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
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Printing
- Recess
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 966.25
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DY 225
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DY 289
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DY 245
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DY 262
Notes
Scouts constructing a wooden footbridge over water among tropical trees; three emblems in a vertical band at right. Signed Haley.
Series history
Dahomey issued four commemorative stamps and a souvenir sheet at Cotonou on 17 October 1966 honouring Boy Scouts. Claude Haley 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 The issue was withdrawn from sale on 1 April 1967.
The 5 f shows a Scout flag-signalling with two semaphore flags while another Scout sits nearby. The 10 f shows a Scout pennant on a staff, with a circular emblem at the head and hanging ribbons. The 30 f shows two Scouts seated by a camp-fire whose rising form suggests the outline of Africa. The 50 f shows Scouts building a wooden footbridge over water. The souvenir sheet, face value 95 f, gathers the four designs; its lower margin is inscribed IMPRIMERIE DES TIMBRES-POSTE - PARIS.
Imperforate stamps and deluxe proofs of the set are recorded but are not treated here as catalogue pieces.