Giraffe, with double overprint 

Giraffe, with double overprint
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Giraffe, with double overprint

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2511689
Area
Stamps
Title
Giraffe, with double overprint
Face value
10#100
Country / area
Niassa
Year
1921
Month
Day
Issue group
1921 Double overprint native motifs
Order Number in Issue
11
Basic colour
Black, Brown
Exact colour
Bistre brown, Black
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Animals, Giraffes, Mammals
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
92 II
Yvert number
92a
Scott number
103
Stanley Gibbons number
93B
Mundifil number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Waterlow & Sons (1810-1961)
Perforation
13½ : 15
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Green paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
27 x 34 mm
Details
Red overprint "REPUBLICA" from 1911 and black overprint "10 Centavos" from 1921 applied by London printing office. Digits and letters thicker than those of the Lisbon overprint.