Miscellaneous
Proofs of stamps and stamps that were never issued and other material.
Any additional information on the objects shown below would be highly appreciated!
Date:
1958?
Design:
Printing:
Size: 25 x 28 mm
Sheet: unknown if they exist
Proofs with
the portrait of King Boudewijn (1930-1993), the actual stamp was never issued:
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This was offered on E-Bay in 2003
No information:
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No 56, size 63 x 100 mm (gummed)
This was sold in auction, Van Looy, Antwerp 29 November 2003, lot 1126.
It was offered as a proof, but according to several experts is this impossible.
Because of size and why would it be gummed?
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This private edition was first made for the Belgium Congo.
It was used for airfreight, maybe parcels?
It was surcharged with 25F and sold to benefit the C.R.C. (Congo Red Cross)
Printed with a frame, including the lettering, in green, the center in black and the three stars in yellow. The design is typographic or lithographed. The sheet is gummed and the “stamp” imperforate. (Inscriptions only in French).
This example was overprinted with Ruanda Urundi.
Size: 105 x 80 mm
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1-5, 10, 20, 60 & 90 Francs (probably more values known)
Issued for the “Pensioenkas voor Arbeiders van Belgisch Congo en Ruanda Urundi” (Pension fund for the labourers of Belgian Congo and Ruanda Urundi)
Date (1950s?) of issue or any other information is not known.
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Size: 75 x 104 mm.
“Coupon-Reponse International”
Cancelled: 1963. Value 7 Francs.
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The back side, text in 6 languages:
“This coupon is exchangeable in any country of the Universal Postal Union for a postage stamp or postage stamps representing the amount of postage for an ordinary single-rate letter destined for a foreign country.”
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Although I do not consider this as “Philatelic Material”, I received twice an e-mail with a request to explain these images. (Size 55 x 77 mm).
These images were printed in Belgium, they were especially made for an album named “Vlaggen en Postzegels” (Flags and Stamps), sold by a company named “Gebroeders Veen, te Antwerpen” (Veen brothers from Antwerp). These albums were made for the youth and they could obtain these images and glue them in the album.
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