1960, 3 September. C.C.T.A. with overprint CONGO and new value, no’s 413-414.

Originally printed for the Belgium Congo: 10^th Anniversary of the commission for technical cooperation in Africa south of the Sahara, 19 February 1960, no’s 365-366

Design: Jean van Noten (1903-1982)

Printing: Atelier du Timbre, Malines

Perforation: 11.5

Size:

Sheet: 50

Circulation:

 

No 413 3Fr, gray, red & salmon color, with French text. (no.365)

No 414, 3Fr, gray, red & salmon color, Dutch text (no.366)

 

Reversed overprint:

 

“Moved” overprints are not uncommon, straight or slanting:

 

Here is the overprint “set too high”, which leaves the last stamp of the row without the added new value:

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Double, triple or multiple overprints;

Sorry no photo

 

Recto verso is another curiosity here is an example:

 

Here a curiosity in the original stamp no 365. In the right border the word DU, the U is not fully printed: