(left: 1884 issue French inscription only and right: 1891 issue inscription in French and Flemish)
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Examples:
(left: 1884 issue French inscription only and right: 1891 issue
inscription in French and Flemish)
In the above design were issued the values (1884:
with inscription in French only): 10 c, 25 c, 50 c, 1 F, 1.50 F,
2.50 F, 3 F, 3.50 F, 4 F, 4.50 F, 5 F, 5.50 F, 6 F, 6.50 F, 7 F,
7.50 F, 8 F, 8.50 F, 9 F, 9.50 F, 10 F, 10.50 F, 11 F, 11.50 F,
12 F, 12.50 F, 15 F, 17.50 F, 20 F, 22.50 F, 25 F, 30 F, 35 F, 40
F, 45 F and 50 F (all in the colour blue). Red stamps also seem
to have been issued in the same design.
1891: with inscription in French and Flemish, at least the
following values were issued: 10 c, 25 c, 1 F, 1.50 F, 2.50 F, 3
F, 3.50 F, 4 F, 4.50 F, 5 F, 5.50 F, 6 F, 6.50 F, 7 F, 7.50 F, 8
F, 8.50 F, 9 F, 9.50 F, 10 F, 10.50 F, 11 F, 11.50 F, 12 F, 12.50
F, 15 F, 17.50 F, 20 F, 22.50 F, 25 F, 30 F, 35 F, 40 F, 45 F and
50 F (all in the colour blue). Red stamps also seem to have been
issued in the same design.
('AFFICHES AANPLAKBRIEVEN', 1886, reduced size)
In the above 'AFFICHES' design were issued the values: 5 c, 6 c, 7 c, 8 c, 9 c, 10 c, 11 c and 12 c, all in red, (two shades were of red were issued), both perforated or imperforate. In 1886 the Flemish inscription 'AANPLAKBRIEVEN' was added in the design (same values, all in red colour, only perforated).
('TAXES FISCALES')
In the above 'TAXES FISCALES' design I have seen 10 c brown (grey underprint), 9 F blue (yellow underprint), 100 F olive (blue underprint) and 500 F red (brown underprint). I don't know when this design was issued.
Woman figure with crown next to it on top and lion with star at
bottom. I've seen 0.20 F green and red, and 1 F red and black in
this design.
Man facing the right in a circle on top and lion in circle at the
bottom. I've seen 0.10 F green and 0.20 F green in this design.
Reduced size; The values I've seen are 5 c red (10 F 100 Fr), 10
c red (100 Fr 500 Fr), 20 c red (500 F 1000 F). I've also seen a
similar stamp 10 c blue, but perforated with the text '500 F. ET
AU DESSOUS' and '500 F, EN MINDER'.
Many different kinds of overprints exist. Apparently, these stamps were only valid for a few days.
10 c brown 20 c blue 25 c green 50 c red 80 c yellow 1 F grey
10 c brown 15 c grey 20 c blue 25 c green 50 c red 80 c yellow 1 F brown 2 F yellow
Forgeries of these stamps exist (made in 1925, sometimes referred to as reprints). Genuine stamps sometimes show part of a watermark, the forgeries never do. The genuine stamps are perforated 15 1/2 x 14 1/2. The forgeries have different perforation (14 or 11, according to 'Focus on forgeries') or are imperforate. The colours shades of the forgeries can be quite different from the genuine stamps. Forged postmarks exist on these forgeries, for example, I think the postmark 'CUREGHEL 14 AOUT 1894' is forged.
Forged railway stamps.
Forgery with forged cancel.
10 c brown and black 15 c grey and black 20 c blue and black 25 c green and black 30 c orange and black 40 c blue and black 50 c red and black 60 c violet and black 70 c blue and black 80 c yellow and black 90 c red and black 1 F lilac and black 2 F yellow and black
10 c brown and grey 15 c grey and violet 20 c blue and brown 25 c green and red 30 c orange and green 35 c yellow and green (1912) 40 c blue and violet 50 c red and violet 55 c brown and blue (1912) 60 c lilac and red 70 c blue and red 80 c yellow and lilac 90 c red and green
1 F lilac and orange 1 F 10 red and grey 2 F yellow and green 3 F black and blue 4 F green and red (1912) 5 F orange and green (1912) 10 F brown and lilac (1912)
Reprints exist (also imperforate or with forged postmarks).
Private imperforate reprint of the 5 F value
(Reduced size, genuine)
(Genuine 5 c and 10 c; only 700 printed of each value!)
5 c green 10 c red 20 c olive 25 c blue 35 c brown 40 c green 50 c grey 1 F orange 2 F violet 5 F brown
All these overprints are rare. Forged overprints exist, example:
The wings of this overprint are straight, the genuine wings are
slightly curved upwards. Also, the left wing (from our
perspective) has a break in the upper line about 2/3 up in the
genuine stamps, which is missing here.
10 c blue
15 c olive
20 c red
25 c brown
30 c lilac
35 c grey
40 c yellow
50 c brown
55 c brown
60 c violet
70 c green
80 c brown
90 c blue
1 F grey
1.10 F blue ('FRANKEN' or 'FRANK')
2 F red
3 F lilac
4 F green
5 F brown
10 F orange
10 c blue 10 c red 15 c olive 15 c green 20 c red 20 c green 25 c brown 25 c blue 30 c lilac 30 c brown 35 c grey 35 c brown 40 c yellow 50 c brown 50 c red 55 c brown 55 c yellow 60 c violet 60 c red 70 c green 80 c brown 80 c violet 90 c blue 90 c yellow 90 c red 1 F grey 1 F orange 1.10 F blue 1.20 F green 1.20 F orange 1.40 F brown 1.40 F yellow 1.60 F green 2 F red 3 F lilac 3 F red 4 F green 5 F brown 5 F violet 10 F orange 10 F yellow 10 F brown 15 F red 20 F blue
2 F black 3 F brown 4 F green 5 F lilac 10 F brown 15 F red 20 F blue
Many values in two different designs were issued. In 1928 they were overprinted 'JOURNAUX DAGBLADEN 1928' (see images above). In 1929 the overprint 'JOURNAUX DAGBLADEN' was used (without '1928'). These stamps also exist with overprint 'BAGAGES REISGOED' (luggage, 1936).
Without any overprint 0.05 F red-brown (1923) 0.10 F orange (1923) 0.10 F olive (1941) 0.15 F blue (1923) 0.20 F green (1923) 0.20 F violet (1941) 0.30 F lilac (1927) 0.30 F red (1941) 0.40 F olive (1923) 0.40 F blue (1941) 0.50 F lilac (1927) 0.50 F green (1941) 0.60 F orange (1923) 0.60 F black (1941) 0.70 F brown (1924) 0.70 F green (1941) 0.80 F violet (1923) 0.80 F orange (1941) 0.90 F grey (1927) 0.90 F lilac (1941) Other design (no overprint) 1.00 F blue (1923) 1.00 F green (1941) 1.10 F orange (1923) 1.50 F green (1923) 1.70 F red-brown (1931) 1.80 F lilac (1923) 2.00 F olive (1923) 2.00 F brown (1941) 2.10 F green (1923) 2.40 F violet (1923) 2.70 F grey (1923) 3.00 F red (1923) 3.00 F grey (1941) 3.30 F brown (1923) 4.00 F red (1924) 4.00 F olive (1941) 5.00 F violet (1924) 5.00 F brown (1940) 5.00 F lilac (1941) 5.00 F black (1941) 6.00 F brown (1927) 6.00 F red (1941) 7.00 F orange (1927) 7.00 F violet (1941) 8.00 F brown (1927) 8.00 F green (1941) 9.00 F lilac (1927) 9.00 F blue (1941) 10.00 F green (1927) 10.00 F grey (1940) 10.00 F red (1941) 20.00 F lilac (1927) 20.00 F light blue (1941) 30.00 F blue (1931) 30.00 F orange (1941) 40.00 F grey (1931) 40.00 F red (1941) 50.00 F yellow (1927) 50.00 F lilac (1941) Surcharged '2F30' (green) on 2.40 F violet (1924, exists with inverted surcharge) Overprinted with 'B' in an ellipse (1940) 0.10 F red (blue overprint) 0.20 F green (red overprint) 0.30 F lilac (blue overprint) 0.40 F olive (red overprint) 0.50 F lilac (blue overprint) 0.60 F orange (blue overprint) 0.70 F brown (blue overprint) 0.80 F violet (red overprint) 0.90 F grey (red overprint) 1.00 F blue (red overprint) 2.00 F olive (red overprint) 3.00 F red (blue overprint) 4.00 F red (blue overprint) 5.00 F violet (red overprint) 6.00 F brown (blue overprint) 7.00 F orange (blue overprint) 8.00 F brown (blue overprint) 9.00 F lilac (blue overprint) 10 F green (red overprint) 20 F lilac (blue overprint) 30 F green (red overprint) 40 F grey (red overprint) 50 F yellow (blue overprint)
5 c grey 10 c green 35 c green 60 c brown 1.50 F blue 1.75 F blue (1930)
5 c grey (red overprint) 10 c olive (red overprint) 25 c red 35 c green (red overprint) 40 c lilac 50 c blue (red overprint) 60 c lilac 70 c brown 75 c violet
10 c olive (sitting woman, red overprint, 1932) 10 c olive (lion with mantle issue of 1936, red overprint, 1936) 35 c green (Mercury, 1935, red overprint, red overprint) 35 c green (lion with mantle issue of 1936, red overprint, 1935, 1937) 40 c lilac (lion with mantle issue of 1936, 1938) 50 c blue (lion with mantle issue of 1936, 1936) 70 c black (King Leopold III facing the left, 1935, red overprint, 1935) 70 c brown (King Leopold III in a rectangle of 1936, red overprint, 1936) 75 c brown (King Albert with hat, red overprint, 1935) 70 c grey (King Leopold III in a rectangle of 1936, red overprint, 1938) Surcharged '10 c' on 35 c green (lion with mantle, 1942) '50 c' on 70 c brown (King Leopold, 1942) '50 c' (red) on 70 c grey (King Leopold, 1942)
3 F green 4 F lilac 5 F red
0.10 F red 0.20 F violet 0.30 F brown 0.40 F dark blue 0.50 F orange 0.60 F green 0.70 F blue 0.80 F black 0.90 F red
1 F lilac 2 F black 3 F orange 4 F violet 5 F lilac 6 F green 7 F violet 8 F olive 9 F blue 10 F red 20 F green 30 F violet 40 F brown 50 F red 100 F blue
The 5 F stamp exists with overprint 'BAGAGES REISGOED' (luggage, 1936).
'M 3 Fr' (blue) on 5.50 F red (1939) '5 Fr' (red) on 3.50 F green '5 Fr' (blue) on 4.50 F lilac '6 Fr' (blue) on 5.50 F red '8 F' (red) on 5.50 F brown (1946) '10 F' (red) on 5.50 F blue (1946) '12 F' (red) on 5.50 F violet (1946)
Unsurcharged stamps were prepared, but not issued.
20 c brown 50 c blue 2 F red 9 F green 10 F lilac
With red 'B' in an ellipse overprint 10 c olive 40 c lilac 50 c blue With 'B' in an ellipse already incorporated in the design 10 c olive (1946) 20 c lilac (1949) 50 c blue (1946) 65 c red (1948) 75 c red (1946) 90 c brown (1949)
1 F red (small size) 1 F red (larger size) 2.25 F green (red overprint)
2.45 F black
10 c black (1946) 20 c violet (1945) 30 c brown (1946) 40 c blue (1946) 50 c blue (1945) 60 c black (1946) 70 c green (1946) 80 c orange (1945) 90 c lilac (1946) 1 F green (1946) 2 F black (1945) 3 F black (1946) 4 F blue (1945) 5 F brown (1945) 5 F black (not issued) 6 F green (1946) 7 F violet (1946) 8 F red (1945) 9 F blue (1946) 9.20 F orange (1942) 10 F red (1946) 10 F black (1946) 12.30 F green (1942) 14.50 F lilac (1942) 20 F green (1946) 30 F violet (1945) 40 F red (1945) 50 F blue (1946)
Many stamps of this issue exist imperforate.
100 F blue (exists imperforate)
Inscription 'BELGIE BELGIQUE' 3 F green (1946) 5 F blue 6 F red Inscription 'BELGIQUE BELGIE' 3 F green (1946) 5 F blue 6 F red
These stamps exist imperforate.
8 F brown 10 F grey and blue 12 F violet Surcharged (1947) '= 9F =' (red) on 8 F brown '= 11F =' (red) on 10 F grey and blue '= 13.50F =' (red) on 12 F violet
100 F green
9 F brown 11 F red 13.50 F grey
Sowing woman 1.35 F brown 1.75 F green (1949) Textile industry machine 3.15 F blue 4 F blue (1949) Harbour with ship 3 F lilac
1/2 F brown ('LE BELGE' 1835)
1 F red (1852 T1)
2 F blue (1875 T29)
3 F red (1884 T25)
4 F grey (1901 T18)
5 F orange (1902 T22)
6 F lilac (1904 T53)
7 F green (1905 T8)
8 F blue (1906 T16)
9 F brown (1909 T10)
10 F red and black (1905 T41)
10 F olive (1910 T36)
20 F orange (1920 T38)
30 F blue (1928 T46)
40 F red (1930 T5)
50 F violet (1935 T1)
60 F brown (1949 T101 electric train)
100 F red (1939 T12)
300 F lilac (1952, electric train)
11 F orange 12 F lilac 13 F green 15 F blue 16 F grey 17 F brown 18 F red 20 F light brown Surcharged (1953) '13 F.' (red) on 15 F blue '17 F.' (red) on 11 F orange '20 F.' (green) on 18 F red
25 F grey
200 F green
21 values ranging from 1 F to 300 F were issued
1 F light brown 2 F green 3 F green 4 F orange 5 F brown 5 F brown (different design) 6 F violet 7 F green 8 F red 9 F blue 10 F green 10 F black 15 F red 20 F blue 20 F green 20 F green (Brussels station, 1957) 30 F lilac 40 F lilac 50 F lilac 50 F blue 60 F lilac 80 F brown 100 F green 200 F blue 300 F lilac Surcharged '24 F' (red) on 20 F green (1961)
13 F brown 18 F blue 21 F lilac Surcharged '14 F' (blue) on 13 F brown '19 F' (red) on 18 F blue '22 F' (green) on 21 F lilac
Railway stamp as Baudouin postage stamp type, with 'B' in ellipse
added in the design
1.50 F grey 2 F red 2 F green (1959) 2.50 F brown (1959) 3 F lilac (1959) 3.50 F light green (1970) 4 F blue 6 F red (1959)
14 F green 19 F olive 22 F red Surcharged (1959) '20 F X' (red) on 19 F olive '20 F X' on 22 F red
20 F red 50 F blue 60 F lilac 70 F green
24 F brown (old Brussels station) 26 F blue (Antwerp station, 1963) 25 F brown (Arlon station, 1967) 28 F lilac (Ghent station, 1965) 30 F green (design as 25 F, 1967) 32 F light brown and black (Ostende station, 1971) 35 F blue (design as 25 F, 1967) 37 F black (design as 32 F, 1971) 40 F red (design as 25 F, 1968) 42 F blue and black (design as 32 F, 1971) 44 F red and black (design as 32 F, 1971) 46 F violet and black (design as 32 F, 1971) 50 F red and black (design as 32 F, 1971) 52 F brown and black (design as 32 F, 1971) 54 F green and black (design as 32 F, 1971) 61 F blue and black (design as 32 F, 1971) Surcharged '26 F' (green) on 24 F brown '28 F' (red) on 26 F blue '34 F' on 32 F light brown and black (design as 32 F, 1971) '35 F' (green) on 28 F lilac '37 F' on 25 F brown (1970) '40 F' on 37 F black (design as 32 F, 1971) '47 F' on 44 F red and black (design as 32 F, 1971) '48 F' on 35 F blue (1970) '53 F' on 40 F red (1970) '53 F' on 42 F blue and black (design as 32 F, 1971) '56 F' on 52 F brown and black (design as 32 F, 1971) '59 F' on 54 F green and black (design as 32 F, 1971) '66 F' on 61 F blue and black (design as 32 F, 1971)
Electric train moving from left to right 1 F light brown 2 F black 3 F blue 4 F orange 5 F brown 6 F lilac 7 F green 8 F red 9 F light blue Electric train moving from left to right 10 F green 20 F blue 30 F violet 40 F lilac Electric train moving from right to left 50 F lilac 60 F violet 70 F light brown (1970) 80 F brown 90 F green (1973) Diesel train moving from left to right 100 F light green 200 F violet 300 F red Train in station 500 F yellow
3 F green (1974) 3.50 F brown (1972) 4 F blue (1974) 4.50 F brown (1972) 4.50 F blue (1975) 5 F violet (1974) 6 F red (1978) 6.50 F black (1976) 7 F red 8 F grey (1978) 9 F brown (1980) 10 F red (1974) 15 F violet 25 F lilac (1976) 30 F brown (1978)
100 F green and red
100 F yellow and red
20 F blue and lilac 50 F green and light blue 100 F red and orange 150 F violet and lilac
250 F 500 F 1000 F
50 c brown (1982) 1 F lilac (1982) 2 F orange (1982) 4 F brown 5 F green (1980)
General goods carriage 1 F yellow and black 2 F red and black 3 F blue and black 4 F black 5 F brown and black 6 F orange and black 7 F violet and black 8 F black 9 F light blue and black Special goods carriage 10 F light brown and black 20 F blue and black 30 F yellow and black 40 F lilac and black Bulk goods carriage 50 F lilac and black 60 F olive and black 70 F blue and black 80 F lilac and black 90 F red and black Chemical goods carriage 100 F red and black 200 F brown and black 300 F green and black 500 F lilac and black
Example:
(King Leopold II in an oval, 10 c green, reduced size)