Baden-Powell
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.RWA.01-08- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 10th Anniversary of Scouting in Rwanda
1978.RWA.01· piece 8 of 16 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Rwanda (RWA)- Year / date
- 1978-02-20
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 44 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
- Oscar Bonnevalle
- Printer
- Cartor
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½
- Size
- 30 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.8
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RW 856
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RW 921A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RW 819
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RW 858
Notes
Upright. Inscribed Xe ANNIVERSAIRE 1968–1978, RWANDA, 44 F. Portrait of Baden-Powell in a Scout hat; a salute and a fleur-de-lis. Offset lithography, comb 12½, 30 × 40 mm.
Series history
Rwanda issued eight commemoratives at Kigali on 20 February 1978 for the tenth anniversary of Scouting there, 1968–1978, and the first national jamboree. Each stamp is upright, 30 × 40 mm, lettered Xe ANNIVERSAIRE 1968–1978 and RWANDA, with O. BONNEVALLE, 1978 and CARTOR in the margin.
Oscar Bonnevalle designed the set. Cartor printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 12½, in panes of 25. An imperforate printing of 600 sets was also released.
The 20 centimes shows a Scout playing a flute before a purple fleur-de-lis in a rope circle, with a salute at upper left. The 30 centimes shows three Scouts around a camp-fire before a tent. The 50 centimes shows Scouts on a tall wooden pioneering tower among trees. The 1 franc shows two Scouts with a unit flag before thatched huts. The 10 francs shows two Scouts on a rocky overlook with staffs. The 18 francs shows two Scouts in a canoe. The 26 francs shows a Scout roasting food over a fire beside a tent. The 44 francs shows Baden-Powell in a Scout hat, with a salute and a fleur-de-lis.