Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

BELGIUM 1893-1911

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Currency: 100 Centimes = 1 Franc

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Gereral remarks about stamps with tab; when the tab is no longer attached to the stamp, the stamp is less valuable.

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1893 Arms ('Armoires') with tab

1 c grey, precancelled 'JUMET', no ornaments Without ornaments

  1 c grey
  2 c yellow
  2 c brown (1894)
  5 c green

For the specialist: the 1 c , 2 c brown and 5 c green were also issued without ornaments where the stamp and the tab joins in 1907. These stamps are perforated 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	vc	vc	with ornaments
1 c	*	vc	without ornaments
2 c yellow	c	*	with ornaments
2 c brown	c	vc	with ornaments
2 c brown	*	*	without ornaments
5 c	c	vc	with ornaments
5 c	**	vc	without ornaments

I have seen postal stationery in this design: 5 c green (with tab and ornaments) and 5 c green (with tab but no ornaments).

Cancels:

1 c grey, precancelled 'JUMET', no ornaments
(Precancel)

More info on precancels can be found in the book: 'Catalogue des Preos Belge 1894-1937' by Jean Lepingle (in French)

Forgeries:

Some very rare non-issued stamps exist with overprint 'CHINE' and value in 'CENTS'. I have seen a Hialeah forgery of a '2 CENTS' on 5 c green stamp, made with a computer scanner and printer. The printing is very bad and the perforation is wrong. They are often offered on E-bay.

Some forged 'CHINE Specimen' Hialeah overprints. The stamps are also forged (made by a computer scanner and printer), reduced sizes.

1894 Antwerp exhibition

  5 c green on red
  10 c red on blue
  25 c blue on red

For the specialist: these stamps are perforated 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 c	c	c
10 c	c	c
25 c	c	*

I think this is a forged "BRUGES 1 DECE 8-M 1896" cancel (see also the 1896 issue for more info on forged cancels).

1896 Brussels exhibition

  5 c lilac
  10 c brown
  10 c lilac

For the specialist, these stamps are perforated 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 c	c	c
10 c brown	*	*
10 c lilac	c	c

According to the following website: https://www.filatelia.fi/forgeries/forged_postmarks.html, the following forged cancels exist on this and the previous 1894 issue:
Anvers: 15 mai 8-9 1894, 16 sept 19-20 1897, 5 or 19 nove 9-10 1901.
Bruges: 1 dece 8-M 1896.
Bruxelles: 3 sept 8-9 1894, 22 janv 10-M 1897, 5 avril 3-4 1897.
Bruxelles 5: 22 janv 10-M 1897.
Charleroi Station: 12 mai 18-19 1902.
Liege: 12 mars 1-2 1894, 18 or 19 juin 8-9 1897, 8 avril 10-11 1899.
St. Bernhard: 10.I.01, 14.II.01, 4.III.01, 12.IV.01, 7.VI.01, 21.VIII.01, 17.XI.01, 15.XII.01, 22.V.02, 30.VI.02, 24.VII.02, 27.IX.02, 25.X.02.

A forged "BRUXELLES 5 AVRIL 3-4 1897" cancel

1905 King Leopold II, with large white beard ('Grosse Barbe'), stamps with tab, different frames

10 c red 50 c grey 1 F yellow 2 F lilac

  10 c red
  20 c green
  25 c blue
  35 c brown
  50 c grey
  1 F yellow
  2 F lilac

These stamps are perforated 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
10 c	*	vc
20 c	**	vc
25 c	**	vc
35 c	**	c
50 c	***	*
1 F	***	**
2 F	***	**

I have seen postal stationery in this design (with tab): 10 c red and 25 c blue.

Some very rare non-issued stamps exist with overprint 'CHINE' and value in 'CENTS'. I have seen a Hialeah forgery of a '4 CENTS' on 10 c red stamp, made with a computer scanner and printer. The printing is very bad and the perforation is wrong. They are often offered on E-bay.

I've been told that the next stamps are forgeries of the 20 c, 35 c and 2 F values on authentic paper taken from the border of the sheet. They were made in the United States.

Forgeries

Some forged 'CHINE Specimen' Hialeah overprints. The stamps are also forged (made by a computer scanner and printer), reduced sizes.

Another forgery of the 2 F exists, in which the epaulette of the King ends at the corner of the square with '2F'; in the genuine stamps it ends much further to the right.
The Serrane Guide mentions a forgery with forged cancel "DINANT 15 AOUT 1910".

1910 Inscription "CARITAS", so-called Van Dyck set

(The two types of the 10 c, type I left , type II right)

  1 c grey (type II)
  1 c green (type I)
  2 c brown
  5 c blue
  10 c red

("1911" and "CHARLEROI 1911" overprint)

(Overprinted "1911", reduced size)

These stamps exist in 2 types, both types exist with overprint "1911" or "CHARLEROI 1911".

vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon			*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Type I				Type II
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	*	*		*	*
2 c	*	*		*	*
5 c	*	*		*	*
10 c	*	*		*	*
Overprinted '1911'
1 c	***	***		***	***
2 c	***	***		***	***
5 c	*	*		*	*
10 c	*	*		*	*
Overprinted 'CHARLEROI 1911'
1 c	*	*		*	*
2 c	*	*		*	*
5 c	*	*		*	*
10 c	*	*		*	*

In 1926 a similar design was issued with inscription "INONDATIONS WATERSNOOD" at the bottom (two types): 1 F + 1 F blue.

This "1911" overprint might have been forged.

Forgeries of the basic stamps exist.

This might be a forgery, the hat of the person does not touch the upper frameline.

For Belgium 1912 Arms and King Albert issue, click here