75e anniversary of Scouting
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The boy and girl’s emblem for scouting
The World
Organization of Scout Movements has 150 member organizations. Scouting is now
in all but five countries in the world: China, Cuba, Manymar (formerly Burma),
North Korea and Turkmenistan do not have any Scout movements. A full up to date
list of member Movements can be found on the WOSM web page.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) have another nine million members, making it the world's second largest youth organization, behind Scouts.
Date of issue: 29 November 1982
Expiration date:
Design: M. Mathy
Printing: Hélio
Courvoisier, s.a., La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland
Paper with silk threads
Perforation: 11.75
Size: 25.8 x 26 mm
Sheet: 50 (5 x
10)
Marginal inscriptions: top and bottom “Hélio Courvoisier, s.a., La Chaux De
Fonds, Suisse”.
Circulation: 43.500
No 1164. 90k, camp with tents
No 1165. 1,70z, sitting around the campfire
No 1166. 3z, a boy’s scout
No 1167. 5z, helping the needing
No 1168. 8z, signaling with flags
The series:
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The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:
Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.
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No 1169. 10z (always from block 52)
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Block 52 perforated
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Block 52 imperforated
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There are no variations or curiosities known for any of the above shown material.