Locomotives, 1980

“Histoire des chemins de fer”

History of the railroads, depicting famous locomotives.

William Hedley’s Puffing Billy (1814)

Locomotive Buddicom no.33 (no info)

England’s Vulcan Works exported the locomotive L’Elephant to Belgium, 1830’s.

Locomotive no.601. Built by A.E.Goodwin, Sydney, New South Wales, ca 1965

Slieve Gullion 440, Irish (no further info)

L’Eléphant Noir” Germany (no further info)

Locomotive type 1 a 15. British?

Golden State. U.S.A. 1940’s?

Note: I would appreciate help on the above topics.

Date of issue: 14 January 1980

Expiration date:

Oscar Bonnevalle (1920-1993)

Printing:

Perforation: 13

Size: 39 x 25.8 mm

Sheet: 50 (5 x 10)

Marginal inscriptions: blue mosaic all around ‘ZAIRE’ on top in black.

Circulation: 103,000

No 992. 50s “Puffing Billy” Angleterre

No 993. 1,50k “Locomotive Buddicom no.33” France

No 994. 5k “L’Eléphant” Belgique

No 995. 8k “Locomotive no.601” Zaïre

No 996. 50k “Slieve Gullion 440” Irlande

No 997. 75k “L’Eléphant Noir” Allemagne

No 998. 2z “Locomotive type 1 a 15” Zaïre

No 999. 5z “Golden State” U.S.A.

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, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

No 1000. 10z (always from block 37)

Block 37. Circulation 22,000

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

There are no variations or curiosities known for any of the above shown material.

Proofs from the collection of Kurt C.

Note: excuse for the poor scans, hope to get better ones in the future.