Belgium 1880-1883 Lying Lion - Aniline Inks

Description

• Issue Dates: 1880-1883
• Designed by: Henri Hendrickx
• Engraving by: Albert Doms
• Printed by: State Printing Office of Belgium
• Print Process: on thin paper
• Watermark: None
• Catalogue N°s: COB26A-28A + 26B-28B

Ink supplied by Wirth (Leipzig) to avoid the lavage of the postmarks. Note the absence of a 8c.

Perforated 14

Gray-green

Dark Blue

Ochre-red

Used

1 c Circle at LIEGE in January 1880.	1 c Circle at BRUXELLES (NORD) in September 1880.
2c Ultramarine	5c Ochre COB28B

Perforated 15 (1883)

Pale Green

Hell Blue

Ochre-red