Stamp: Boxing-match. George Foreman contra Muhammad Ali, red overpi (Zaire 1974)

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Boxing-match. George Foreman contra Muhammad Ali, red overpi (Zaire 1974)

30 October (Zaire ) within release World heavyweight boxing championship goes into circulation Stamp Boxing-match. George Foreman contra Muhammad Ali, red overpi face value 0.01 Zairean zaire

Stamp Boxing-match. George Foreman contra Muhammad Ali, red overpi in catalogues
Michel: Mi:CD 490
Belgium: Bel:CD 848

Stamp is vertical format.

There was never a re-mach held in Kinshasa. The stamps used were the series printed before the no’s 843-847. They had a date printed on them of 24-9-74, the match took place one day later. The date was overprinted with a new date, but Mobutu wanted a new stamp for the match. Instead of destroying these series, they were used in 1975.

Also in the issue World heavyweight boxing championship:

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Stamp Boxing-match. George Foreman contra Muhammad Ali, red overpi in digits
Country: Zaire
Date: 1974-10-30
Print: Photogravure
Size: 30 x 41
Perforation: 12
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 0.01 Zairean zaire

Stamp Boxing-match. George Foreman contra Muhammad Ali, red overpi it reflects the thematic directions:

Boxing (also known as "western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport and a martial art in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.

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