Red Cross, 15 May 1918. No’s 36-44

Overprint on the no’s 72-80 of Belgium Congo

Design: Robert Mols and Piet van Engelen

Engraving and printing: Waterlow and Sons (London)

Typographic overprint: overprint in red, sometimes darker, almost brown

Perforation: 14 or 15

Perforation: 15 is more rare, and exists next to the 14 only in the no’s 36-41.

Size: 24 x 31 mm or 31 x 24 mm

Sheet: 50

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation: 7,500

 

No 36. 5c + 10c, green (no 72)

No 37. 10c + 15c, carmine (no 73)

No 38. 15c + 20c, green (no 74)

No 39. 25c + 25c, blue (no 75)

No 40. 40c + 40c, carmine/brown (no 76)

No 41. 50c + 50c, lilac/brown (no 77)

No 42. 1Fr + 1Fr, olive (no 78)

No 43. 5Fr + 5Fr, ochre (no 79)

No 44. 10Fr + 10Fr, green (no 80)

No 44a. Overprint in vermilion and is thicker (no 80a)

 

The series:

 

No.44a overprint in vermilion and is thicker (no 80a), compare with normal overprint

 

Series imperforated (never with gum):

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

 

There are no variations or curiosities known for any of the above shown material.

 

Printers proofs, these were printed on a larger piece of paper, according to Dominique Bilmans they could be unique, or printed in sets of two, four or maximum 6.

The no’s 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, the other no’s may not exist.

Note: it would be a very helpful if someone has another series, to come forward with this.