Scout and mongoose at a camp-fire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.DJI.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 4th African and 28th World Scout Conferences
1981.DJI.01· piece 1 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Djibouti (DJI)- Year / date
- 1981-07-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Odette Baillais
- Printer
- EDILA (Éditions de l'Aubetin, Geneva)
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 25
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DJ 533
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DJ 308
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DJ 539
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DJ 820
Notes
A Scout in a grey shirt and green neckerchief lies on pale ground beside a laid camp-fire; two ridge tents stand behind him. A mongoose’s head occupies a white disc at left, lettered POSTES on the staff. Lettered RÉPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI, in Arabic, 60f and 28e congrès mondial du scoutisme-Dakar-août 1981. A fleur-de-lis sits at lower left. Signed O. BAILLAIS and EDILA.
Series history
Djibouti issued two commemoratives and two souvenir sheets on 16 July 1981. The 60-franc stamp is lettered RÉPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI, in Arabic, POSTES and 28e congrès mondial du scoutisme-Dakar-août 1981. It shows a Scout in a grey shirt lying beside a laid camp-fire, two tents behind him, and a mongoose’s head in a white disc at left. The 105-franc stamp is lettered 4e conférence panafricaine du scoutisme-Abidjan-août 1981. It shows two Scouts, one giving the Scout sign over a paper while the other points, and a kudu’s head in a yellow disc at right. Both are signed O. BAILLAIS and EDILA.
Odette Baillais designed the stamps. Éditions de l'Aubetin (EDILA), Geneva, printed them by offset lithography, comb perforated 13, in panes of 25. The same designs exist imperforate.
The 60-franc souvenir sheet, 109 × 90 mm, places the camp-fire stamp on a green margin with a Scout giving the Scout sign, a red world map, a dove and a large wooden fleur-de-lis wheel; the margin is lettered 75e Anniversaire du Scoutisme. The 105-franc sheet places the kudu stamp on a dark field with Baden-Powell in a campaign hat, two boys at a chessboard, and white fleur-de-lis outlines; the foot is lettered 125ème Anniversaire de la Naissance de LORD BADEN POWEL and 75ème Anniversaire du Scoutisme, and signed PUVILLAND. The sheets are perforated about 12¼ around the stamp; both also exist imperforate.