International year of the youth, 1985

Overprint of the series “75e anniversary of Scouting”, 29 November 1982

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: 2 December 1985

Expiration date:

Design: Gr. 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, Swiss”.

Circulation: 25,000

No 1293. 3z, a boy’s scout (no 1166)

No 1294. 5z, helping the needing (no 1167)

No 1295. 7z, camp with tents (no 1164)

No 1296. 10z, camp with tents (no 1164)

No 1297. 15z, sitting around the campfire (no

No 1298. 20z, signaling with flags (no 1168)

No 1299. 50z, camp with tents (no 1164)

The series:

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. ONLY 5 values exist

No 1293 Displaced and wrong new value

No 1294-Cu Displaced overprint for new value

No 1294-Cu2 Wrong value

No 1296-Cu Double overprint

No 1296/1299-Cu Two new values

No 1298 Double overprint

No 1299-Cu Double overprint

No 1299-Cu2 Displaced overprint for new value

Printers waste

No 1300 50z (always from block 62)

Block 62 perforated

Block 62 imperforated