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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
8375879
Area
Stamps
Title
Albertville local edition
Face value
Country / area
Year
1961
Month
12
Day
15
Issue group
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
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Printing office
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Gum
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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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Congo opdruk op Katanga zegels.
Op 15/12/1961 bezetten de troepen van de (nieuwe) centrale regering Albertville. Vanaf dat ogenblik tot maart 1962 werd de voorraad postzegels van Katanga hergebruikt met een zwarte handstempel 'CONGO' en door de post verkocht. In maart 1962 kwam de bevoorrading 'normale' postzegels van Congo terug op gang.