Scout emblem and flags
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.TUN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- International Scout Organization
1973.TUN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Tunisia (TUN)- Year / date
- 1973-07-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 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
- Designer
- Amor Ben Mahmoud
- Printer
- De La Rue & Co. Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 13
- Size
- 25.5 × 36 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.21
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TN 610
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TN 814
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TN 755
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TN 785
Notes
A white geometric fleur-de-lis with a three-finger Scout salute in a disc at its centre, before magenta brushwork, a dark-green flag with a yellow disc, and three smaller flags. Inscribed ORGANISATION SCOUTE INTERNATIONALE, REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE, Arabic at the top and right, and 25. Signed AMOR BEN MAHMOUD.
Series history
Tunisia issued a 25 millime commemorative on 23 July 1973 for the International Scout Organization. Amor Ben Mahmoud designed the stamp; it is signed AMOR BEN MAHMOUD. De La Rue printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½ × 13, about 25.5 × 36 mm.
A white geometric fleur-de-lis carries a three-finger Scout salute in a small disc at its centre, against magenta brushwork, a dark-green flag with a yellow disc, and three smaller flags. The stamp is inscribed ORGANISATION SCOUTE INTERNATIONALE, REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE, Arabic at the top and right, and 25.
