Scouts playing marimba
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.DHY.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- International Seminar of World Scouting, Cotonou
1972.DHY.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Dahomey (DHY)- Year / date
- 1972-03-19
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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 13¼
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 30 × 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DY C155
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DY 473
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DY PA161
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DY 458
Notes
Scouts in khaki and red neckerchiefs around a marimba, one playing from behind with two mallets; a stilt-house village on water behind; World Scout emblem in a red circle at upper left. Inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU DAHOMEY, POSTE AERIENNE, COTONOU. MARS 1972, SEMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL DU SCOUTISME MONDIAL; 40 F. P. Lambert; Delrieu.
Series history
Dahomey issued three airmail stamps and a souvenir sheet at Cotonou in March 1972 for the International Seminar of World Scouting. Pierrette Lambert designed the set; Delrieu printed it by photogravure. Each stamp is inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU DAHOMEY, POSTE AERIENNE, COTONOU MARS 1972 and SEMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL DU SCOUTISME MONDIAL.
The 35 f shows a Scout in khaki giving the three-finger salute, left arm toward a World Scout flag on a staff with a fleur-de-lis finial. The 40 f shows Scouts around a marimba, with a stilt-house village on water behind. The 100 f shows Scouts in blue working a sandy field with long hoes, thatched roofs and tents behind.
The souvenir sheet, combined face value 175 f, places the three designs on a white card inscribed REPUBLIQUE DU DAHOMEY and SEMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL DU SCOUTISME MONDIAL / COTONOU. - MARS 1972.