Zebu and camp work
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.MDG.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scoutisme
1974.MDG.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Madagascar (MDG)- Year / date
- 1974-02-14
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 Fmg
- 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
- Michel Monvoisin
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 25
- Size
- 26 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MG 504
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MG 705
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MG 538
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MG-R 269
Notes
Vertical. A white zebu-head outline: zebus behind a fence in the forehead, two Scouts building a wooden frame in the face; a Scout with a pole at left. Africa-and-fleur-de-lis disc at upper right. Inscribed SCOUTISME, POSTES, REPOBLIKA MALAGASY and 4 Fmg. Signed H. MONVOISIN.
Series history
Madagascar issued four stamps at Tananarive on 14 February 1974, inscribed SCOUTISME and REPOBLIKA MALAGASY. Michel Monvoisin designed and engraved the set; the postage values are signed H. MONVOISIN and the airmails M. MONVOISIN. The Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris, printed it in recess, comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The 4 and 15 francs malgaches are vertical, about 26 × 40 mm, and inscribed POSTES. The 100 and 300 francs malgaches are horizontal airmails, about 40 × 26 mm, inscribed POSTE AERIENNE. Each design carries a disc with a map of Africa and the Scout fleur-de-lis.
The 4 Fmg places camp work inside a zebu-head outline. The 15 Fmg shows Scouts sawing, carrying an axe and thatching a hut. The 100 Fmg is a first-aid tent with a red cross. The 300 Fmg is a pirogue with a large stylised fish.