Centenary of the first post stamp, 1986
To commemorative this event, a special stamp was issued.
The stamp was presented at the exhibition “Cenzapost”, held in the Central Post office of Kinshasa from 22 till 25 January 1986. The same exhibition was later held in the post office of Brussels in la Monnaie from 17-23rd March under the name “Congo-Zaïre”.
A gray background with a map from Zaire and an image of an early stamp in the center, the 25c (no 3) with the portrait of Leopold II of 1886.
Date of issue: 22 January 1986
Expiration date:
Design: Jacques
Richez (signed JR)
Printing: I.P.M.
s.a (Imprimerie du Marais, s.a., Brussels)
Perforation: 13
Size: 32 x 38 mm
Sheet: 25 (5 x 5)
Marginal inscriptions: “ZAIRE” on top and bottom, 6 vertical lines
all around
Circulation: 650,000
No 1306. 25z. Gray and blue.
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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.
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Some sheets were wrongly perforated:
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Because of this wrong perforation we have the following curiosities:
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