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BELGIUM Railway stamps

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1879 Arms, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER"

  10 c brown
  20 c blue
  25 c green
  50 c red
  80 c yellow
  1 F grey

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	***	*
20 c	***	**
25 c	***	**
50 c	R	*
80 c	RR	**
1 F	***	*

1882 Number, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER"

80 c yellow, 1882

  10 c brown
  15 c grey
  20 c blue
  25 c green
  50 c red
  80 c yellow
  1 F brown
  2 F yellow

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	*	*
15 c	**	**
20 c	***	*
25 c	***	**
50 c	***	vc
80 c	***	c
1 F	***	*
2 F	***	***

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.

Forgeries with wrong perforation.

1895 Number in black, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN"

  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

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	*	c
15 c	**	*
20 c	*	c
25 c	*	c
30 c	*	c	1902
40 c	*	c	1902
50 c	**	vc
60 c	**	vc
70 c	**	c	1902
80 c	**	vc
1 F	***	c
2 F	***	*

1902 Number in coloured circle, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN"

  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

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	vc
15 c	vc	c
20 c	vc	vc
25 c	vc	vc
30 c	vc	vc
35 c	vc	c
40 c	vc	vc
50 c	vc	vc
55 c	vc	c
60 c	vc	vc
70 c	vc	vc
80 c	vc	vc
90 c	vc	vc

1902 New type, wheel with wings

  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)

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 F	vc	vc
1.10 F	vc	vc
2 F	vc	vc
3 F	c	c
4 F	*	*
5 F	c	c
10 F	c	c

Reprints exist (also imperforate or with forged postmarks).

Private imperforate reprint of the 5 F value

1915 Postage stamps overprinted "CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN"

(Reduced size, genuine)

(Genuine 5 c and 10 c; only 700 printed of each value!)

Genuine stamp, image obtained from a Siegel auction.

More genuine stamps.

  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

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
All values	R to RRR	R to RRR

This set of stamps became necessary, since the railway stamps of 1902 were stolen by the Germans who resold them for 2 Francs per set (while the nominal value was 31.90 Francs). New stamps that were ordered from Waterloo had not arrived yet and this provisional issue became necessary.

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.

Another forged overprint, this one has the break in the left wing, but the wings are still too straight and in my opinion, the wings point to the wrong letters in the side text.

Highly suspicious overprint.

1916 Wheel with wings (centime values) or steamtrain (Franc values)

  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

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	c	c
15 c	*	c
20 c	*	*
25 c	*	c
30 c	c	c
35 c	c	c
40 c	c	c
50 c	*	c
55 c	*	c
60 c	*	c
70 c	*	c
80 c	*	c
90 c	*	c
1 F	*	c
1.10 F	**	**	Francs/Franken
1.10 F	*	c	Franc/Frank
2 F	**	c
3 F	**	c
4 F	**	c
5 F	**	c
10 F	***	c

1920 As 1916 issue, wheel with wings (centime values) or steamtrain (Franc values), but different design; so-called London print and Malines print

  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

1922 Lion in ellipse, "CHEMINS DE FER" on top, "SPOORWEGEN" at bottom

  2 F black
  3 F brown
  4 F green
  5 F lilac
  10 F brown
  15 F red
  20 F blue

1923 Inscription "CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN"

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). This "BAGAGES REISGOED" overprint is known to have been forged. The 50 F above, for example, has different tops of the "G"s and the bottom of the "R" is also different, it might be a forged overprint.

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)

1934 Train moving from right to left, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER" on top and "SPOORWEGEN" below, posthorns in upper left and lower right corner

  3 F green
  4 F lilac
  5 F red

1935 Train passing though viaduct, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN"

  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

1935 Image of first train, inscription "1835 1935 CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN"

  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 stamps, 1936).

1938 Wheel with wing, inscription "CHEMINS DE FER COLIS POSTAUX POSTCOLLI SPOORWEGEN"

  '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.

1939 Inscription "BELGIQUE BELGIE CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN", women standing on front of train (Brussels conference)

  20 c brown
  50 c blue
  2 F red
  9 F green
  10 F lilac

1942 Railway workers (3 different designs)

  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.

1942 Electric train passing signal

  100 F blue (exists imperforate)

1945 Mercury with staff

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.

1946 Man shooting train with bow

  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

1947 Rail road crossing

  100 F green

1948 Handing over parcel, railway tracks in background

  9 F brown
  11 F red
  13.50 F grey

1949 Various Belgian trains

  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)

1950 Inscription "POSTCOLLI COLIS POSTAUX", posthorn in the lower right corner, 3 different designs

  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

1951 Mercury flying, inscription "1926 1951"

  25 F grey

1953 Train in Brussels, inscription "OCT 1953"

  200 F green

1953 Various buildings, "B" in ellipse incorporated in the design

  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)

1954 Train leaving Brussels railway station, inscription "COLIS POSTAUX", "B" in ellipse in upper left corner, posthorn in lower right corner

  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

1957 Mercury kneeling down near wheel with wings, inscription "COLIS POSTAUX POSTCOLLI"

  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

1960 Diesel train moving to the left and electric train movin to the right, circle in top central design

  20 F red
  50 F blue
  60 F lilac
  70 F green

1962 Inscription "COLIS POSTAUX POSTCOLLI"

  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)

1968 Modern trains, "B" in ellipse incorporated in the design

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

1972 Wheels of train, 'B' in ellipse in upper left

  100 F green and red

1974 Railroad conference in Washington, 'B' in ellipse in lower left part

  100 F yellow and red

1976 Railroad tracks, 'B' in ellipse in lower right part

  20 F blue and lilac
  50 F green and light blue
  100 F red and orange
  150 F violet and lilac

1977 Paintings of railroad scenes

  250 F
  500 F
  1000 F

1980 Railroad carriages

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