Belgium Congo – Airmail. No’s LP1-LP4
Date of issue: 2 August 1921
Expiration date: 1 January 1951
Design:
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co (London)
Perforation: 15
Size: 39 x 23 mm
Sheet: 100 (10 x 10)
Marginal inscriptions: middle lower margin “Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Graveurs, Londres”
Circulation: see
the stamps
No LP1 50c, orange red, 960,000 stamps
No LP2 1FR, violet, 875,000 stamps
No LP3 2Fr, blue, 715,000 stamps
No LP4 5Fr, green, 240,000 stamps
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Variations:
LP1-V Antenna (no 60 in sheet).
Shown here are details of stamp, first the normal stamp, second the variation
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Lp4-V Wooden leg (no 40 in sheet)
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1930, 2 April
Design:
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co (London)
Perforation: 12
Size: 33.5 x 23 mm
Sheet: 100 (10 x 10)
Marginal inscriptions: middle lower margin “Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Graveurs, Londres”
Circulation:
187,000 total
No LP5 15Fr, sepia, 95,000 stamps
No LP6 30Fr, lilac, 92,000 stamps
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1934, 22 January
Design en
engraving: Jean de Bast (1883-1975)
Printer: Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen
Perforation: 13.5 x 14
Size: 33.5 x 23 mm
Sheet: 200 (4 x 50)
Marginal inscriptions: the stamps were printed in two plates, either a “1”, “2”, “3” or “4” is printed in the lower margin and “Atelier du Tembre Malines - Zegelfabriek”.
Circulation: 187,000 total
LP7 50c black, 250,000 stamps
LP7a 50c olive-green
LP8 1Fr carmine, 250,000 stamps
LP9 1,50Fr dark green, 2,000,000 stamps
LP10 3Fr red-brown, 1,000,000 stamps
LP11 4,50Fr
ultramarine, 500,000 stamps
LP12 5Fr yellow-brown, 250,000 stamps
LP13 13Fr Lilac, 100,000 stamps
LP14 30Fr orange-red, 100,000 stamps
LP15 50Fr violet, 1000,000 stamps
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Imperforated:
LP8 1Fr carmine, sorry no photo
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LP10 3Fr red-brown
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LP11 4,50Fr ultramarine
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LP12 5Fr yellow-brown, sorry no photo
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LP13 13Fr Lilac
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LP13 13Fr Lilac. Whole sheet imperforated
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Curiosity: LP 12 5Fr with ink spots Damaged 5Fr.
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1936, 26 March, Landscape with airplane
Overprint with new value. Circulation: unknown
LP16 (LP9) 50c on 1,50Fr green
LP17 (LP10) 3,50Fr on 3F red brown
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Varieties:
LP16-V displaced overprint
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The “5” with extra dot (Double overprint?)
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Curiosity:
LP16-Cu reversed overprint
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Proofs:
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Printer’s proofs:
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