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English: The International Congress of African Tourism was held in Elisabethville on 26 July – 4 August 1955. The design of the stamp depicts a map of Africa with the emblem of the Touring Club of Congo with an Okapi in the middle. On top of the emblem a crown is placed, to indicate the Royal status.
Expiry date
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1956-06-30
Format
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Stamp
Themes
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Kings  · Landscapes  · Plants_(Flora)
Emission
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Commemorative
Issued on
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1955-07-26
Size
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24 x 35 mm
Print run
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500,000
Series
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5th_international_congress_of_African_tourism
Perforation
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11½
Paper
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yellow paper
Colors
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Lilac
Score
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45% Accuracy: High
Related items
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Philatelic_Product:_Olympic_games_-_Sydney_2000_(Slovakia)
Printing
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Recess
Face value
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6.50 fr - Belgian franc
Gum
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Ordinary
Watermark
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Unwmk.
Catalog codes
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Michel BE-CD 330  · Stamp Number BE-CD 298  · Yvert et Tellier BE-CD 337  · Stanley Gibbons BE-CD 327  · Belgium BE-CD 337
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Source https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/195611-Map_of_Africa_Emblem_of_Royal_Touring_inscribed_in_French-5th_international_congress_of_African_tourism-Belgian_Congo
Author Post of Belgian 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
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  • 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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