10^th anniversary of the C.C.T.A.. No’s 217-218.

Commission of technical cooperation in Africa south of the Sahara.

 

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.

 

Date of issue: 19 February 1960

Expiration date: 1 July 1962

Design: Jean van Noten (1903-1982)

Engraving: Malvaux, Brussels

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

Perforation: 11.5

Size: 35 x 24.5 mm

Sheet: 30 (5 x 6) <In most publications wrongly as 50>

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation: 500,000 pairs

 

 

Philatelic material

 

First Day Cover (FDC):

 

On 19^th February 1960, the Postal administration issued a special series of stamps for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi.

To promote this series a special leaflet was made. Two identical leaflets exists, one with French text and the other in Dutch:

Front with explanation about the stamps and back with information on C.C.T.A.: