Red Cross. No’s 270-273
Stamps issued on 23 May 1942 with red overprint, with additional charge and alternating text in
French “Au profit de la Croix-Rouge” and in Dutch “Ten voordele van het Roode
Kruis”. The overprint was locally done in Leopoldville. After 8 months the stock of 10,000 series was almost sold out, it
was decided to make another 14,000 series on 14 March 1945. Because of the two different runs of overprints, the letters of
the overprint can slightly difference in size.
Philatelic material
Order form:
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“Certificat
d’origine et d’authenticité”
Pre-printed
certificate by the “Cercle Philatélique du Congo Belge – et du Ruanda Urundi
C.P.C.R.” Signed by the treasurer (Lucio Ferreira) and
the President (Roger Braconnier).
This one is issued: 15 August 1946.
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