10th Anniversary of the commission for technical cooperation in Africa south of the Sahara, no’s 50-51
C.C.T.A. Established in 1950 and terminated in 1965.
The Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara is a non-political body which has been established by an international agreement concluded between its member Governments for the purpose of encouraging and strengthening technical co-operation in all fields affecting the well-being of the peoples of the territories of its members in Africa South of the Sahara and has under its aegis the Inter-African Labour Institute and the Inter-African Labour Conference.
Original printed for the Belgium Congo, 19th February 1960 (no’s 365-366)
Date of issue: 16 January 1961
Expiration date: 1 July
1961
Design: Jean van Noten
(1903-1982)
Engraving: Malvaux,
Brussels
Printing: Atelier du
Timbre, Malines. (Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen-Belgium)
Overprint by: IMBELCO in Elisabethville (KATANGA)
Perforation: 11.5
Size: 35 x 24.5 mm
Sheet: 30 (5 x 6) <In most publications wrongly as 50>
Marginal inscriptions: plate numbers in left margin
Circulation: 16,000 series
REMARK: The bar under KATANGA exists also slightly thicker. There are also very minor differences in the letters used for the overprint.
No 50. 3,50F on 3F, French text (no 365)
No 51. 3,50F on 3F, Dutch text (no 366)
The series:
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Varieties: reversed overprint
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Varieties: displaced and moved overprints
Remark: I only seen these varieties in no 51 (Dutch text)
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