60th anniversary of Scouting

20th anniversary of Scouting in Burundi

 

     

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: 9 August 1967

Expiration date:

Design:

Printing: Fournier, Madrid-Spain

Perforation: 13.5

Size: 38 x 38 mm

Sheet: 20

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation:

 

No 238. 50c, scouts on hiking trip

No 239. 1F, cooking at campfire

No 240. 1.50F, Lord Baden-Powell

No 241. 2F, Boy Scout and Cub Scout giving scout sign

No 242. 4F, first aid

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.

 

No LP 57. 10F, scouts on hiking trip

No LP 58. 14F, cooking at campfire

No LP 59. 17F, Lord Baden-Powell

No LP 60. 24F, Boy Scout and Cub Scout giving scout sign

No LP 61. 26 F, first aid

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.

 

Block 22, perforated (size: 100 x 100 mm)

 

Block 22A, imperforated