File:BEL-CG 1931 MiNr0139 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Belgian Congo; 1931; definitive stamp of the issue "Peoples and Views of Congo"; stamp motive with a Mongbetu chief with traditional head style; stamp postmarked in Coquilhatville (name until 1966, contemporary Mbandaka, at the banks of the Congo river, nearby the inlet of the Ruki river) in 1931
Stamp: Michel: No. 139; Yvert & Tellier: No. 177; Scott: No. 148
Color: reddish brown
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1.25 F (Francs)

Postage validity: from 15 September 1931 until 31 August 1942
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1931-09-15T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1942-08-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 25.0 x 34.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration for Belgian Congo
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Public domain This work was first published in Belgium and is in the public domain because its exempt from copyright protection by virtue of the Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (of June 30, 1994, as amended by the Law of April 3, 1995), enacted 1995. The work meets the following criteria:
  • It is any "official act of the authorities"
Picture description Mangbetu chief
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration for Belgian Congo
Design Pierre Munier (1889-1962) (engraving)
Printer "Institute de Gravure", Paris (was probably only the creator of the printplates)

"Algemene Werkplaats van het Zagel", Mechelen (Malines) (probably only printery for the stamps)

Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation 1,533,1500 (in sheets à 75 stamps)
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 11½ or K 11½
MICHEL Nr. Belgisch-Kongo, Nr. 139
SCOTT Nr. Belgian Congo, No. 148

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