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Stamp of Belgian Congo; 1923; definitive stamp of the issue "Native people and Animals"; stamp motive with a (female) potter at work; stamp postmarked
Note :
A translation of the insciption "Orner / Sieren" is difficult.; In Flemisch means "Oren" = a) "ears", but also as verb b) "garnish", "decorate" etc. and "Orner" could be a "garnishment maker"; "Sieren" means a) a "Siren", but also as verb b) "decorate", "ornament", "embellish" etc.....
Stamp: Michel: No. 74; Yvert & Tellier: No. 114; Scott:No. 103
Color: brown
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1 FR (Franc)

Postage validity: from 1 September 1923 until 31 December 1932
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1923-09-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1932-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 27.0 x 25.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration for Belgian Congo
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Public domain This work was first published in Belgium and is in the public domain because its exempt from copyright protection by virtue of the Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (of June 30, 1994, as amended by the Law of April 3, 1995), enacted 1995. The work meets the following criteria:
  • It is any "official act of the authorities"
Picture description (Female) Potter at work
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration for Belgian Congo
Design Emile Vloors (1871-1952) (design + engraving)
Printer "American Bank Note Company" (ABNC), New York
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation 290,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 12 or K 12
MICHEL Nr. Belgisch-Kongo, Nr. 74
SCOTT Nr. Belgian Congo, No. 103

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