Stamp: type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE' (Belgian Congo 1909)

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  2. Belgian Congo
  3. 1909
  4. Congo Free State Stamps Overprinted CONGO BELGE
  5. type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE'

type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE' (Belgian Congo 1909)

Stamp, type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE', Belgian Congo,

01 January (Belgian Congo ) within release Congo Free State Stamps Overprinted CONGO BELGE goes into circulation Stamp type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE' face value 5 Belgian franc

Stamp type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE' in catalogues
Belgium: Bel: BE-CD 38B T5

Stamp is vertical format.

Local handstamped overprint in Brussels Overprint type 5 - overprint is 17.5mm long. the top loop of B in BELGE is shorter and narrower than the bottom loop. The vertical line of L in BELGE leans to the left. The horizontal lines in final E of BELGE become longer from top to bottom. Perforations are 12 1/2 to 16.

Also in the issue Congo Free State Stamps Overprinted CONGO BELGE:

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Stamp type 'Mols' manual overprint 'CONGO BELGE' in digits
Country: Belgian Congo
Date: 1909-01-01
Size: 24 x 34
Perforation: VARIOUS
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 5 Belgian franc