Scout game — human platform, airmail, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.TGO.01-15- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Togolese Scouts
1968.TGO.01· piece 15 of 15 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Togo (TGO)- Year / date
- 1968-11-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 90 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- 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
- Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Israel Government Printers
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 30 × 52 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.43
Notes
Imperforate of the 90 f airmail Scout-game design
Series history
Togo issued seven lithographed stamps at Lomé on 23 November 1968 honouring Togolese Boy Scouts. Maxim Shamir designed the set for the Israel Government Printers. The 5 f shows a Scout with backpack before a green tent; the 10 f and 45 f show a leader with two Cub Scouts (one shading his eyes on the lower value, one saluting on the higher); the 20 f shows first-aid practice; and the 30 f shows two Scouts locking arms to lift a third. The 60 f and 90 f airmail stamps repeat the first-aid and Scout-game designs with the airmail inscription. Singles are comb-perforated 14 in panes of forty; imperforate singles of the seven designs also exist. A souvenir sheet gathers the two airmail values on an olive ground, the stamps showing simulated perforations.