Battle against Aids, 1990

 

Date of issue: 6 April 1990? (Sheets are hand-stamped at right top corner: 21 Nov.89).

Expiration date:

Design no 1335: Mba-nzeh

Design no 1336: Makonga Mokombelwa (Emmanuel Makonga Mokombelwa), graficus, Académie des Beaux Arts de Kinshasa, born 25 December 1962.

Design no 1337: Bibesse

Printing: Harrison and sons limited, Buckinghamshire, England

Perforation: 13.5 x 14.5

Size: 47 x 32.5 mm

Sheet: 50

Marginal inscriptions: white margin with top right ‘plate number + hand-stamped date: 21 Nov.89’, lower right a ‘color block’.

Circulation: 27,000

 

Dominant color is indicated

No 1335, 30z, yellow, “Le Sida est un Danger qui nous guette” (The AIDS is a Danger which watches for us).

No 1336. 40z, light pink, “Lutter contre le Sida. C’est lutter pour la vie” (To fight against the AIDS.  Is to fight for life).

No 1337. 80z, blue, “Sida plus q’un Fauve” (AIDS is more than a savage animal).

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 1338. 50z (always from block 66)

 

Block 66. Perforated & imperforated. Maximum size: 85 x 65 mm

Circulation: 27,000

 

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