Multicolored Flowers. No’s 302-323

Philatelic material.

Envelope made by SABENA for the “Premiere liaison reguliere par avion” (First regular connection by plane) between Leopoldville and Casablanca in Morocco, 3 December 1953

Maximum cards of the series 177-195 made in black & white, and in color.

Editor: Unimax, Brussels

Size: 9 x 14 cm.

The same maximum cards were used for the Ruanda-Urundi series.

Cancellations: 1e Leopoldville 14-1-56 (1956. The rest 5-5-58 (1958)

Postcards from other editors, all cancellations from Leopoldville:

Maximum card “Flowers”

This maximum card was offered for sale for 235 Franc at the World exhibition, pavilion Construction, Energy and Transportation of Belgium Congo and Ruanda-Urundi.

At the request of the buyers it would be cancelled with a special cancel.

Note 1: These were also for sale at normal Belgium post offices, and to our information most probably never sold in the Belgium Congo.

Note 2: the other 3 large leaflets were also sold at this pavilion:

Belgium Congo “Kunstblad-50ste Verjaring van Belgisch-Congo”, 35 Franc

Ruanda-Urundi “Flowers”, 75 Franc

Belgium Congo and Ruanda-Urundi “Red Cross”, 35 Franc

Edition by Rodan, Brussels-Belgium

Size: 21.5 x 28 cm

They are cancelled on 5-5-1953, although the emission is from 1 March 1958.