Centenary of the U.P.U., 1976

Universal Postal Union.

Any country member of the United Nations or not may become members of the UPU provided that its request is approved by at least two-thirds of the member countries of the Union. With the membership of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the UPU has now 190 member countries.

Note: I could not find de date of 1876 to certificates the centenary; I found the entry date of 1886, which is ten years later. Belgium became a member on the 1^st July 1875, Belgium Congo did not exist yet.

Date of issue: April 1976

Expiration date:

Design:

Printing:

Perforation: 13.5

Size: 28 x 35.8 mm

Sheet:

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation: 500,000

Dominant color is indicated, Zaïre is always in green.

No 892. 1k, orange-red

No 893. 4k, blue

No 894. 7k, gray-green

No 895. 50k, brown

The series:

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

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

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