Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.EGY.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Egyptian Boy Scouts
1968.EGY.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Egypt (EGY)- Year / date
- 1968-11-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 m
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11 × 11¼
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.24
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- EG 747
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- EG 895
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- EG 730
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- EG 962
Notes
Ochre vertical stamp with a white Scout fleur-de-lis at centre: brown lotus on the middle petal, a five-pointed star on each side petal, and a blue central band; UAR / 1968 at upper left; BOY SCOUTS OF EGYPT 1918-1968 and bilingual 10 M at the foot.
Series history
Egypt issued a single 10 millième commemorative at Cairo on 1 November 1968 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Egyptian Boy Scouts (1918–1968). The ochre design centres a white Scout fleur-de-lis: the middle petal holds a brown lotus motif, the side petals each carry a five-pointed star, and a blue band crosses the emblem. The stamp is inscribed UAR and 1968 at upper left, with matching Arabic at upper right; the lower margin reads BOY SCOUTS OF EGYPT 1918-1968 beside the bilingual face value 10 M. One million copies were printed in panes of fifty by the Postal Authority Printing House, in photogravure, comb perforated 11 × 11¼. Sources do not name the designer. The issue belongs to the United Arab Republic period of Egyptian stamps.