10th Anniversary of the commission for technical cooperation in Africa south of the Sahara, no’s 4-5
C.C.T.A. Established in 1950 and terminated in 1965.
The Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara is a non-political body which has been established by an international agreement concluded between its member Governments for the purpose of encouraging and strengthening technical co-operation in all fields affecting the well-being of the peoples of the territories of its members in Africa South of the Sahara and has under its aegis the Inter-African Labour Institute and the Inter-African Labour Conference.
Original printed for the Belgium Congo, 19th February 1960 (no’s 365-366)
Date of issue: 12 September 1960
Expiration date: 1 July
1961
Design: Jean van Noten
(1903-1982)
Printing: Atelier du
Timbre, Malines. (Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen-Belgium)
Overprint by: IMBELCO in Elisabethville (KATANGA)
Perforation: 11.5
Size: 35 x 24.5 mm
Sheet: 30 (5 x 6) <In most publications wrongly as 50>
Marginal inscriptions: plate numbers in left margin
Circulation: 6.195
REMARK: The bar under KATANGA exists also slightly thicker. There are also very minor differences in the letters used for the overprint.
No’s 4-5. No 4 with French text, no 5, Dutch text
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Varieties: reversed overprint
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The overprint can be slightly moved as shown here.
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