Earlier issued stamps with new value and overprint, 1977
Date of issue: 1977
Expiration date:
Circulation:
No 906. 1k on 10s (no 693)
No 906a. Lacking the word “Zaïre”
No 907. 2k on 9,60 (no 669)
No 907A. 4k on 10s (no 785) (Not in O.B.C.)
No 908. 10k on 10s (no 785)
No 908a. 10k in small print
No 909. 25k on 10s (no 753)
No 909a. 25k reversed
No 910. 40k on 9,60K (no 703)
No 910a. 40k on 9,60K (no 703a, 2e edition)
No 911. 48k on 10s (no 763)
The series:
No 906 No 906a No 907 No 907A
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No 908 No 908a
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No 909 No 909a
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No 910 No 910a No 911
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Note on the numbers 910 & 910a; the 1e edition is not as bright in color, but the significance is in the uniform, notice the right shoulder with epaulet, which is retouched in the second edition, the images:
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This series shows many variations and curiosities, only a part is shown here.
No 906: slanting & misplaced, reversed & double overprint
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No 907: Reversed, double overprint & smudged overprint
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No 907 (669-Cu2) Imperforated between the stamps:
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No 907 “pseudo recto-versa”, actually the ink that was wet from the previous sheet and stuck to the back of the sheet on top when the overprinting was done.
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No 907: slanting over print
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No 907A 4k instead of 10K, also known in all kind of curiosities
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No 908: there are many curiosities in the overprints; the most obvious are shown here:
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No’s 908 & 908a (large and small 10K) can be found in the same sheet:
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No 910, slanting/misplaced overprint & double overprint
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“Pseudo recto-versa”, actually the ink that was wet from the previous sheet and stuck to the back of the sheet on top when the overprinting was done.
This stamp was bought in the post office of Katona in July 1981.
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909 & 909a are printed in the same sheet
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910 there are many curiosities in the overprints; the most obvious are shown here:
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910 with slanting “recto-versa” overprint & “pseudo recto-versa”, actually the ink that was wet from the previous sheet and stuck to the back of the sheet on top when the overprinting was done.
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911 there are many curiosities in the overprints; the most obvious are shown here:
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In the post office of Bas Zaïre stamps were sold with a forged overprint (several letters are known with these forged new values).
Here are some examples:
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