Monument Roi Albert. No’s 192-193.

 

These stamps were surcharged; the money was to erect a monument for King Albert I in Leopoldville. (See the series from 1941 “King Albert’s memorial monument in Leopoldstad”).

 

Date of issue: 15 May 1936

Expiration date: 1 January 1937

Design: Jean de Vos?

Engraving and printing: Institut de Gravure et d'Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris

Overprint: Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen

Perforation: 12.5 x 12

Size: 36 x 23.8 mm

Sheet: 100 (in 4 panels of 25 (5 x 5)

Marginal inscriptions: mosaic and curly letters

Circulation:

No 192: 350,000 (300,000 were sold)

No 193: 150,000 (100,000 were sold)

 

No 192. 50c on 1,50Fr (no 187), lilac-brown

No 193. 50c on 2,50Fr (no 189), green-blue

 

No’s 192, overprint: blue – 193, overprint: red

 

No 192 “Interpanneaux” between the stamps

 

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