Indigenous art. No’s 277-295
All objects shown are from the collection
of the Royal
Museum of Central Africa (MRAC),
Tervuren-Belgium. Its collection of ethnographic objects from Central Africa is the only one of its
kind in the world. It also has in its keeping the entire archives of Henry
Morton Stanley which are of great historical value. The Royal Museum for Central Africa came into being
following the World Fair of 1897. As part of this prestigious event, and to
arouse public interest in the Congo Free State, Léopold II organized an
exhibition on the Congo, which was held in the “Palais des Colonies” in
Tervuren. The overwhelming success of this exhibition led, in 1898, to the
founding of the first Museum of the Congo.
Date of issue: 8 December 1947
Expiration date: 1 August 1960
Design:
Engraving:
Printing:
Institut de Gravure et d'Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris
Proofs: Institut
de Gravure et d'Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris
Size of each: 35 x 52 mm. Cream-colored
paper.
The 10c, 50c, and 2F (nos 177, 282 &
287) were depicted with the seated king named Bope Kena, 119e King of the Ba-Kuba Kingdom.
How many different proofs were made is not
know, here are four:
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Proofs: size 115 x 153 & 118 x 153 mm
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The center pieces (nos 285A & 286A):
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