Congo

Congo People’s Republic stamps

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Congo is a name shared by two neighbouring countries in Central Africa, usually distinguished either by using their full official names or adding their capitals:

· The Republic of the Congo is often known as "Congo-Brazzaville". It is the smaller of the two and lies to the west. It was once a French colony and part of French Equatorial Africa.

· The Democratic Republic of the Congo is sometimes known as "Congo-Kinshasa" or simply DRC. It is the larger of the two and lies to the east. It was once the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium, when it was known as the Congo Free State, and later a Belgian colony when it was renamed the Belgian Congo. It was named Zaire from 1971 to 1997. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo).

The Republic of the Congo, also known as Middle Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, and Congo is a former French colony of west-central Africa. Its borders are Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Gulf of Guinea. Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government installed in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The capital is Brazzaville.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo)

#C13

Scott: #C13 (CD114)P

Issued: 8.9.1963

African Postal Union Issue

Inside #C13: Stamps on Envelopes

Scott: #C57 (CD124)P

Issued: 9.9.1967

African Postal Union Issue, 1967

Inside #C57: Stamps on Envelopes

Scott: #C77P

Thanks to Eli for the scan

Issued: 14.2.1969

PHILEXAFRIQUE

Inside #C77: Middle Congo #72O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

#C133

Scott: #C133P

Issued: 9.11.1971

Tribute to Charles de Gaulle

#C36 Inside #C133: Congo PR #C36O

#C165

Scott: #C165P, #C168P

Issued: 12.8.1973

10th Anniversary of the Revolution

#C168inside

#265 Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #265O

#C99 Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #C99P

sos congo pr 191 1969 (2) Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #191P

[Airmail - The 2nd Anniversary of Congolese Workers' Party, and Adoption of New National Flag, type LY] Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #C139P

#C88 Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #C88P

#254 Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #254O

#243 Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #243O

[Airmail - International Book Year, type MK] Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #C140O

#236 Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #236P

Inside #C165, #C168: Congo PR #J51P

#C166

Scott: #C166-7P

Issued: 12.8.1973

Int'l. Philatelic Exhibition, Brazzaville

#C167inside

Inside #C166-7: Niger #101O

Inside #C166-7: Ivory Coast #284P

sos togo 623 1967 Inside #C166-7: Togo #623O

#258 Inside #C166-7: Congo PR #258O

#292 Inside #C166-7: Gabon #292O

Inside #C166-7: Central Africa Rep #174O

[City Crest, type RQ] Inside #C166-7: Madagascar #438O

[The 2nd National Development Plan, type KP] Inside #C166-7: Burkina Faso #278O

sos dahomey 277 1970 Inside #C166-7: Dahomey #277O

Inside #C166-7: Cameroun #543O

[New Marianne Type, type APT1] Inside #C166-7: France #1198P

Inside #C166-7: Mauritania #B18O

Inside #C166-7: Chad #233

sos congo pr 211 1970 Inside #C166-7: Congo PR #211P

Lou wrote: This one took me a while to ID, as I kept looking for a figure, as I "saw" a sleeved arm with hand holding a stick, but years later, I came across the mushroom set, and realized I'd been looking at a simplified version of the 25f stamp.

Inside #C166-7: Rwanda #C8O

sos senegal 371 1972 Inside #C166-7: Senegal #371P

#C245 #C246

Scott: #C245P, #C246O

Issued: 1.11.1978

PHILEXAFRIQUE II

Inside #C245: Congo PR #C243O

http://www.bird-stamps.org/country/congob.htm

Wurttemberg Stamps and Postal History Inside #C246: Wurttemburg #1P (Bhutan)

Scott: #C246aO

#499

Scott: #499-502P

Issued: 30.6.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #499: Germany #65P

Thanks to Lou for the scan

Inside #500: France #B10O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

Inside #501: US #245O

Inside #502: Australia-Sanmabria #1O

(England- Australia first Aerialpost vignette, 1919)

Thanks to Lou for the scan

Scott: #503P

Scott: #503P (with Brazzaville R.P. Cancel)

Inside #503: Middle Congo #75O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

[The 75th Anniversary of Rotary International, type ABD]

Scott: #522P

Issued: 10.5.1980

75th Anniversary, Rotary International

Inside #522: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #C314O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Issued: 7.6.1983

Manned Flight Bicentenary

#57 Inside #C314 (In Margin): France #57O

Scott: #C337O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Issued: 8.3.1985

MOPHILA '85, Overprint #C314

#C382

#C384

Scott: #C382-5O

Issued: 4.11.1987

Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937)

#125_1 Inside #C382: Greece #125O

Thanks to Sergei Divid for the scan

#198 Inside #C383: France #198P

#C22 Inside #C384: Congo PR #C22O

#C75 Inside #C385: Congo PR #C75O

Scott: #911-4O

Issued: 17.8.1991

Centenary, Congo Postage Stamps

Inside #911, #914: French Congo #2O

modified: without perfed margins

Lou wrote: I have one correction on Scott IDs--Fr Congo #2, not #1. The red overprint/surcharge 5c on 1 c, #1--is a very rare stamp, only one sheet of 100 was printed, and found to be unsatisfactory, so the balance of the printing of 2900 stamps was changed to black--# 2. It is more likely that the designer had the more common stamp as a source. The reproduced stamp is done in monotone so the overprint color cannot be determined, but I found a scan of #1, and changed it to a greyscale copy and the overprint/surcharge is very faint, not like that on the reproduction. I also found a scan of a used # 2, and altho the overprint/surcharge is still not as heavy as that on the reproduction, I think it is closer. My third reason for the revision is that I can afford to buy a #2 and not the $6000+ # 1!