Scouts at camp
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.SEN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 1st African Scout Conference, Dakar
1970.SEN.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Senegal (SEN)- Year / date
- 1970-12-11
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 30 f
- 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
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
- Size
- 26 × 37.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.27
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SN 332
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SN 439
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SN 339
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SN 441
Notes
Scout with backpack in the foreground; another signalling with semaphore flags; a third kneeling by ridge tents. Photogravure, comb perforated 11¾.
Series history
Senegal issued two commemoratives at Dakar on 11 December 1970 for the first African Scout Conference, held there from 11 to 14 December. Oscar Bonnevalle designed the pair; Courvoisier S.A. printed them by photogravure, 26 × 37.5 mm, comb perforated 11¾, and also without perforation. The 30 francs shows Scouts at camp: one with a backpack, another signalling with semaphore flags, and a third kneeling by ridge tents. The 100 francs shows a map of Africa with a Scout fleur-de-lis, Dakar marked, and a circular portrait of Robert Baden-Powell. Both stamps are inscribed PREMIERE CONFERENCE AFRICAINE DU SCOUTISME, 11-14 DECEMBRE 1970, DAKAR, and REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL POSTE.