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Stamp of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa); 1961; definitive stamp of the issue "1st Anniversary of the Independence" (this day was on ); stamp motive with a portrait of the then President of the Congo Joseph Kasavubu (1910-1969) (later spelling: "Kasa-Vubu", was grandson of a Chinese railroad-worker) and inscription for the "re-opening of the parliament" in ; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel No. 61; Yvert & Tellier: No. 432; Scott: No. 383
Color: light blue / brown
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 40 C (Centimes)
Postage validity: from 30 June 1961 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 23.0 x 32.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Public domain This work was first published in the Republic of the Congo and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights, enacted 1982 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
  • It is a photographic work and 25 years have passed since its creation
  • It is a cinematographic work and 50 years have passed since the date of its creation
  • It is another type of work and 50 years have passed since the death of the author (or last-surviving author)
  • It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its creation
  • It is one of "laws, decisions of courts or of administrative bodies and official translations thereof" and therefore ineligible for copyright protection.
Picture description Joseph Kasavubu (1910-1969)
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Helio Courvoisier S.A.", La Chaux-de-Fonds. (Switzerland) (original stamp)
Printing technique Photogravure
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾ or K 11½ : 12
MICHEL Nr. Kongo (Democratische Republik), Nr. 61
SCOTT Nr. Congo (Kinshasa), No. 383

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