Ange Mba
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1975.GAB.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Nordjamb 75, Lillehammer
1975.GAB.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Gabon (GAB)- Year / date
- 1975-07-29
- 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.
- 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
- Jacques Combet
- Printer
- Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris
- Process
- Recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GA 352
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GA 563
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GA 344
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GA 551
Notes
Inscribed RÉPUBLIQUE GABONAISE and SCOUTISME, 40F POSTES. A portrait in Scout uniform, glasses and neckerchief, with the name Mba and the dates 2 10 1933 and 31 8 1970. A purple Scout fleur-de-lis in a triangle, the Nordjamb 75 mountain mark, and a knotted rope across the top. Signed P. COMBET.
Series history
Gabon issued two commemoratives at Libreville on 29 July 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, in Norway. They are inscribed RÉPUBLIQUE GABONAISE and SCOUTISME. Jacques Combet designed them; E. Locaque engraved them. The Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris, printed them in recess, comb perforated 13. Pane size is not established.
The 40 franc shows a portrait in Scout uniform with glasses and neckerchief, the name Mba and the dates 2 10 1933 and 31 8 1970, a purple Scout fleur-de-lis in a triangle, the Nordjamb 75 mountain mark, and a knotted rope; it is signed P. COMBET. The 50 franc shows a Scout in hat before tents and a camp-fire, a hand on a staff, and a fleur-de-lis in a rope circle, with the Nordjamb 75 mark at lower right; it is signed COMBET.
Imperforate stamps and deluxe proofs are known; they are not given separate numbers.