Indigenous mammals. “Poste Aerienne”

 

Date of issue: 26 June 1964 (?*)

* First Day Covers with the date 2 July 1964 exist

Expiration date:

Design:

Printer:

Perforation: 14

Size no’s LP1-5: 42 x 25.5 mm and 25.5 x 42 mm (not including the color cadre)

Size no’s LP6-7: 53 x 33 mm

Sheet: 25

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation:

 

LP1. 6F, zebra

LP2. 8F, buffalo

LP3. 10F, Impala

LP4. 14F, hippopotamus

LP5. 15F, Waterbuck

LP6. 20F, Cheetah

LP7. 50F, male elephant

The series:

 

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side or corner of a sheet.

 

Curiosities:

LP3-Cu 10f lacking the text. Only cancelled are known.

 

LP4-Cu 14F Smudged black print on top

 

LP4-Cu2 14Fr with circle on lower right

This curiosity is unique for the position no 9 of the sheet (not in all sheets)