Tree, tent and Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.MAR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pan-Arab Scout Festivities
1978.MAR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Morocco (MAR)- Year / date
- 1978-09-26
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0,40 DH
- 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
- Ikken
- Printer
- Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¾ × 13
- Quantity printed
- 203,000
- Size
- 30 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MA 423
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MA 892
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MA 818
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MA 507
Notes
Upright. Stylized green tree before a red sun; orange bird, red tent and Scout badge (yellow fleur-de-lis, green star, blue reef knot). Inscribed 0,40, FESTIVITES SCOUTES PANARABES AU MAROC / RABAT 1978 and ROYAUME DU MAROC. Photogravure, comb 13¾ × 13, 30 × 40 mm.
Series history
Morocco issued a 0,40 dirham commemorative on 26 September 1978 for the Pan-Arab Scout festivities at Rabat. The stamp is lettered FESTIVITES SCOUTES PANARABES AU MAROC / RABAT 1978 and ROYAUME DU MAROC, with المملكة المغربية and a Arabic heading naming the Arab Scout festivals in Morocco and Rabat 1978. The designer’s name IKKEN appears at lower left.
A stylized green tree stands before a large red sun; an orange bird flies at left, a red tent and a Scout badge (yellow fleur-de-lis on red, green star, blue reef knot) sit at the foot of the tree.
Ikken designed the stamp. Heraclio Fournier of Vitoria printed it by photogravure, 30 × 40 mm, comb perforated 13¾ × 13, in panes of 25. Two hundred and three thousand copies were printed.