Indigenous peoples, landscapes and animals. No’s 114-117

 

Stamps used from 25 August 1931 & 5 November 1937 (no. 112)

Overprint with new values and two bars over the old value.

 

Date of issue: 28 May 1941

Expiration date: 1 September 1942

Design:

Engraving: L’Institut de Gravure de Paris (Graphical Institute of Paris)

Printing: Atelier du Timbre, Malines. (Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen-Belgium)

Perforation: 11.5

Size: 34.5 x 24.5 mm

Sheet: 75

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation: 9,000 series

 

No 114. 40c, green (no 95)

No 115. 50c, violet (no 96)

No 116. 1,50F, violet-brown (no 112)

No 117. 2F, blue (no101)

The series:

 

114-V Large point after the C (notice the damaged number 5)

 

No 114 with forged overprint

Because it only helps the people who make forgeries, we will not explain what is wrong.

Our advice is to buy your stamps at dealers who guarantee their stamps.

 

In some of the overprints, the two bars are at the bottom are “broken”

 

117-Cu Blue ink spot in the R from Uranda.