National Parks with new value, 1941

 

Stamp used is the no 199, issued in 1938 from the series “Propaganda for the National Parks” from Belgian Congo. Overprint with new value and Runda Urundi.

 

Date of issue: 30 July 1941

Expiration date: 1 September 1942

Design:

Engraving: Malvaux

Printing: Atelier du Timbre, Malines. (Zegeldrukkerij, Mechelen-Belgium)

Overprint:

Perforation: 11.5

Size: 24 x 34 mm

Sheet: 100 (in two panels of 50)

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation: 100,000

 

No 199. 5c on 1,50F, black center, brown-carmine border

 

Variations:

199-V, “small lake”, this is the white spot above ‘aux’ of the word Nationaux.

In each sheet there is one on position 42.

 

199-Cu1 Reversed over print               199-Cu1a reversed & moved overprint

                              

 

There are several examples of moved overprints

Here is one with the overprint moved upwards.

 

Examples of incomplete overprints, first the number 5

Second example the N in Urundi