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Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.ETH.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 40th Anniversary of Scouting in Ethiopia
1973.ETH.01· piece 4 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ethiopia (ETH)- Year / date
- 1973-07-10
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 c
- 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
- Designer
- Marianne and Jacques Dubois
- Printer
- Courvoisier S.A.
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11½
- Quantity printed
- 100,000
- Size
- 26 × 36 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- ET 659
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- ET 745
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- ET 664
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- ET 854
Notes
A large purple Scout silhouette in a campaign hat giving the salute; over it, a figure with a head bandage and arm sling and another with a crutch. Inscribed ETHIOPIA, Scout Movement, 40c and Amharic; COURVOISIER S.A. and E.T.O. M. & J. DUBOIS in the lower margin.
Series history
Ethiopia issued five commemorative stamps at Addis Ababa on 10 July 1973, inscribed Scout Movement in English, ETHIOPIA, and Amharic. Marianne and Jacques Dubois designed the set; the stamps are lettered E.T.O. M. & J. DUBOIS. Courvoisier S.A. printed it by photogravure on granite paper, comb perforated 11½, about 26 × 36 mm. One hundred thousand of each value were printed.
The 5 c shows three Scouts from behind, saluting the Ethiopian national flag and a Scout flag with a red fleur-de-lis. The 15 c shows a road through trees and a triangular road sign with a Scout digging. The 30 c shows a Girl Guide in brown with an open book, beside an elder in white. The 40 c places two figures — one with a sling and head bandage, one with a crutch — over a large Scout silhouette giving the salute. The 60 c is a portrait of a Scout in a campaign hat under a sunburst arch.
