The explorer Henri Morton Stanley (1841-1904). No’s 162-167

Stanley, Henry Morton (1841-1904)

Explorer/author/journalist. Originally named John Rowlands. Welsh-born reporter working for the "New York Herald." Went first to Africa in 1871 to find the famous lost missionary David Livingstone. Stanley, with Dr. David Livingstone, in the 19th century explored and mapped much of what is today Congo. Books describing this exploration: "The Congo and the Founding of its Free State" (1885) and "In Darkest Africa" (1890).

Date of issue: 15 January 1931

Expiration date: 1 July 1938

Design:

Engraving: Graphical Institute of Paris

Printing: Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris

Typographical overprinting: Atelier du Timbre, Malines

Perforation: 14

Size: two different sizes are known (in the same sheet)

Sheet: 100

Marginal inscriptions: the stamps were printed in two plates, either a “1” or “2” is printed in the lower margin and “Atelier du Tembre Malines”

Circulation: see the series

No 162. 40c on 35, green, 1,563,300 stamps

No 163. 1,25F on 1Fr, pink-carmine, 539,600 stamps

No 164. 2F on 1,60, gray-black, 620,000 stamps

No 165. 2F on 1,75Fr, blue, 1,515,300 stamps

No 166. 3,25F on 2,75, lilac, 500,000 stamps

No 167. 3,25F on 3,50, carmine, 500,000 stamps

The series:

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

No164 is known in a dark and a slightly lighter version