Catalogue information

LastDodo number
8375879
Area
Stamps
Title
Albertville local edition
Face value
Year
1961
Month
12
Day
15
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Katangese kunst
Michel number
Yvert number
6#19
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
OBP-COB number
6#19
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details

Congo overprint on Katanga stamps. On December 15, 1961, the troops of the (new) central government occupied Albertville. From then until March 1962, the stock of Katanga stamps was reused with a black hand stamp 'CONGO' and sold through the postal service. In March 1962, the supply of 'normal' stamps from Congo resumed.

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