National Parks and King Albert’s memorial monument with new value.

 

No. 119, for this overprint the stamp was used from the series “National Parks” from Belgium Congo, issued in 1938

No. 120, for this overprint the stamp was used from the series “King Albert’s memorial monument in Leopoldstad” from Belgian Congo, issued in 1941

 

Date of issue: 27 April 1942

Expiration date: 1 September 1942

Design no 119:

Design no 120: M.G. Goodman

Engraving no 119: Malvaux

Zinconographie no 120: McManus Bros

Printing no 119: Atelier du Timbre, Malines. (Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen-Belgium)

Printing no 120: Litho Co. Ltd, South Africa

Perforation no 119: 11.5

Perforation no 120: 11

Size no 119: 24 x 34 mm

Size no 120: 21 x 27.5 mm

Sheet no 119: 100 (in two panels of 50)

Sheet no 120: 100 (10 x 10)

Marginal inscriptions no 119:

Marginal inscriptions no 120:

Circulation: 50,000 pairs

 

No 119. 75c on 90c, brown center, red border (no 198)

 

119-Cu1 Reversed overprint                119-Cu2 moved overprint

                                

 

119-Cu3 slanting overprint

 

119-Cu4 overprint Urunda with little black points above the letters

& The other example with white line through Urundi.

        

 

There are two different paper quality used, one white and the other yellow/white.

No 120. 2,50F on 10F, red (no 224)

 

120-Cu reversed overprint                                120-Cu reversed overprint & moved

                                  

 

Notice in this bloc of four stamps the difference in the position of the overprinting: