Belgium 1884-1891 Leopold II Profile - New Type

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Description

  • Issue Years: 1884-1891
  • Designed by: Eugène Louis Mouchon and H. Hendrickx (35 c)
  • Engraving by: E. Mouchon
  • Printed by:
  • Print Process: Typo on coloured papers
  • Perforations: 14
  • Watermark: None
  • Run: 411,443 2F
  • Valid until: 4 September 1910
  • Catalogue N°s: COB 46-52

The 35c is the first Belgium stamp with bilingual text.

Designs

Rose
Olive
Blue
Chocolate
Bistre
Brown
Violet

10c

Pink on Blue
15 Jun 1884
Carmine on Light Blue
15 Jun 1884
Pink on Yellowish
15 Jun 1884

10 c Used

10 c rose on bluish paper, circle at BRAINE-LE-COMTE in 1886. COB46
10c carmine on bluish paper, circle at CHENEE COB46a
10c carmine on bluish paper, circle at MARCHIENNE-AU-PONT in 1890.
10 c rose on yellowish paper (?), circle at BRUXELLES 5 in 1894. COB46b

20c

Olive on Greenish
01 Jan 1886
Dark Olive
01 Jan 1886

20 c Used

20c Olive on Greenish, circle at BRUXELLES 5 office in 1888.
Circle at MALINES in 1889.
Circle at COMBLAIN-AU-PONT in 1892.

25c

Blue on Pink
01 Jul 1885
Blue on Dark Pink
01 Jul 1885

25 c Used

Circle at TOURNAI year missing.

35c

Lilac-brown on Gray-brown
01 Jul 1891
Dark brown
01 Jul 1891

35c Used

35c chocolate at ST GHISLAIN

50c

Ochre on Yellowish
01 Jan 1886
Brown-ochre on Yellowish
01 Jan 1886
Dark Brown-ochre
01 Jan 1886

50c Used

Circle at LOKEREN in 1887.

1F

Brown on Green rare
15 Jun 1884
Dark Brown on Dark Green rare
15 Jun 1884

1F Used

1 F Brown on Greenish, circle at BRUXELLES 7 office in 1894.

2F

Violet on Pale Lilac

01 Jan 1886 COB52
Violet on Lilac
Satinated Glossy Paper
01 Jan 1886 COB52a??

2f Used

Violet on Pale Lilac, used at Bruxelles 5 in 1895. COB52