Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6834377
Area
Stamps
Title
Help Biafra
Face value
Year
1970
Month
01
Day
17
Order Number in Issue group
Location city post
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
SPP number
00131-F
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation type
Number of teeth per 20 mm
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
2.000
Dimensions / diameter
154 x 125 mm
Details

The 'Biafra' campaign was the reason to issue a series with a surcharge. After the campaign, the unsold stamps were destroyed under notarial supervision in Utrecht. The enormous demand for these stamps and their scarcity were the reason that the stamps were reprinted by unknown persons, also with a perforation of L10¾. The difference can only be seen under a UV lamp. The 10c is darker in colour than the real stamp. The 15c is lighter in colour than the real stamp. The 20c is much lighter in colour than the real stamp. Also FDCs known with a series of counterfeit stamps.

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