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Stamp of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa); 1960; definitive stamp of Belgian Congo of the issue "Flowers" from 1952 with overprint of a new country name; stamp motive with two blossoms of the plant Vellozia aequataorialis; mint stamp
'Stamp: Michel No. 13 (= Belgian-Congo, No 297 from 1952 with overprint); Yvert & Tellier: No. 384; Scott: No. 325
Color: multicolored (with grey background) on normal paper
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 20 C (Centimes)
Postage validity: from 30 June 1960 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 21.0 x 25.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Public domain This work was first published in the Republic of the Congo and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights, enacted 1982 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
  • It is a photographic work and 25 years have passed since its creation
  • It is a cinematographic work and 50 years have passed since the date of its creation
  • It is another type of work and 50 years have passed since the death of the author (or last-surviving author)
  • It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its creation
  • It is one of "laws, decisions of courts or of administrative bodies and official translations thereof" and therefore ineligible for copyright protection.
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  • Stamp in the same drawing, but from "Ruanda-Urundi" and without overprint (1953)
    Stamp in the same drawing, but from "Ruanda-Urundi" and without overprint (1953)
Picture description Vellozia aequatorialis
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Helio Courvoisier S.A.", La Chaux-de-Fonds. (Switzerland) (original stamp)
Printing technique Photogravure (original stamp)

Letterpress printing (overprint)

Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11½ or K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Kongo (Democratische Republik), Nr. 13
SCOTT Nr. Congo (Kinshasa), No. 325

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