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blauwhuis check this out #9337551 >>postage stamps > benin > rubens
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They are overprints of the country Dahomey blauwhuis .
#4591141 #2438803 #2028457
Until 1975 the country was called Dahomey and after this year Benin.

#9337551 is something like that.




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blauwhuis As far as I have been able to determine, these stamps are not (yet) in the catalogue

Scan1 Michel C 462 I issued in 1987
Scan 2 Michel 427 issued in March 1986
Scan 3 Michel A 475 issued in 1988
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Gold seals if you ask me.

In the decades after the transition to the new country name, dozens of them have been overprinted. Few copies ended up in the real postal system. Difficult to put a value on them, but they are stamped (really used) and extremely scarce. Belong to the more expensive segment.

At that time there were just under 5 million inhabitants, of which > 50% were below the poverty line. There was not much letter mail. The people who lived there really had other concerns.

At that time, most African countries were not yet infected by Stamperiia and similar species. They still had sufficient turnover with material on which Arab and then mainly pseudo-Russian autonomous republics could be placed as a country/area. And also of the many inhabited and uninhabited islands. I can put a Fig tree over it.

The stamps shown are, in my opinion, gems that take a collection to a higher level and will make other collectors gnash their teeth :)


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Raoul62 the top would be to have the stamps still on the letter sent. Collecting such stamps on letters is really interesting in philately that tell you sometime a lot about history of theme particularly if the you got inside still the content of the letters.


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As nlae indicated, they are not yet present on LD in the Stamp section.
Hopefully you'll add them. To help you, below is some information you can enter.

Scan1 Michel C 462 I issued in 1987
Mi C462
Face value: 15#85
Issue: 1987 Imprint with new country name and value
Serial number in the issue: 3
perforation cfr Mi 647 from Dahomey (K 12 1/2)
Offset (seal) and Letterpress (imprint)

Scan 2 Michel 427 issued in March 1986
Mi 427
Face value: 75 #35
Issue: 1986 Imprint with new country name and value
Serial number in the issue: 1
perforation cfr Mi 643 from Dahomey (K 13)
Raster intaglio printing (seal) and Letterpress printing (imprint)

Scan 3 Michel A 475 issued in 1988
Mi A475
Face value: 5#3
Issue: 1988 Stamps with overprint
Serial number in the issue: 1
perforation cfr Mi 201 from Dahomey (K 13)
Steel intaglio printing (seal) and letterpress printing (imprint)
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Yes, that's true. But this is a stamp catalogue. Components such as Macrophilia and Eophilately are not included.
Only collectible items that are made in editions are included on LD. Postal items are not included, they are unique.

Unlike Postal Stationery, but that's a completely different story.
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Raoul62 I understood perfectly that LD catalog is not about letters that are all unique but as we are in the philately section of the forum it is useful to share about more than just stamps like you did explaining about Benin how was the postal system at this time.

Personally I am always, like you did,  keen open from stamps alone to more specific historical information to better understand the reality behind collecting stamps. The catalog is the catalog but a forum can be also a way to learn more like you did here.
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Thank you all. I entered them. Hope it's that good. Otherwise I'd like to hear it
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