File:BELOccGER 1919 MiNr0002 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of Belgium; 1919; definitive stamp of the Belgian Military Postal Service for the occupated areas in Germany (Rhineland and Ruhr region), definitive stamp of the issue "King Albert I of the Belgians" with two-lines, black overprint "ALLEMAGNE / DUITSCHLAND" on a definitive stamp from 1915 - type I (there are types I - V); stamp motive of the original stamp designed, engraved, and printed at Waterlow & Sons in London after a photograph from 1915; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 2 (= No. 114I from 1915 with overprint); Yvert & Tellier: (= No. 136 with overprint); Scott: No. 1N2 (= No. 109 with overprint); AFA: (= No. 114I with overprint)
Color: dark brown with black overprint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 2 C (Centimes)

Postage validity: from 20 September 1919 until 30 June 1931
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1919-09-20T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1931-06-30T00:00:00Z/11

(In January 1926 was evicted only the so-called "First Rhineland Zone". An ultimative eviction of the other zones took place firstly 1929-30.)

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 18.0 x 22.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Belgian government
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Public domain This work was first published in Belgium and is in the public domain because its exempt from copyright protection by virtue of the Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (of June 30, 1994, as amended by the Law of April 3, 1995), enacted 1995. The work meets the following criteria:
  • It is any "official act of the authorities"
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  • The photo used as template for the original stamp
    The photo used as template for the original stamp
Picture description King Albert I of Belgium in uniform in standing oval - print plate type I
First day of issue
Publisher Belgian government
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Waterlow and Sons", London (design, engraving, print)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ? (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 14 or K 14
MICHEL Nr. Belgische Militärpost im Rheinland, Nr. 2
SCOTT Nr. Belgium (Germany), No. 1N2

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