BELGIAN CONGO / CONGO BELGE - BELGISCH-CONGO.
Country Symbols (definitive stamps).
Port of Matadi.
First stamp in a set of 8, issued on 01.10.1915.
Face value: 5 Belgian centimes.
Engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, London.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 225,000 copies.
Size: 39 x 25 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 25.
- Scott No. 60.
- StampWorld No. 55.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 70.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 64.
The
Port of Matadi is situated on the left bank of the Congo River, 148 km (92
mi) from the mouth, very close to the border with Angola. It was founded by Henry Morton Stanley
in 1879. The construction of the Matadi–Kinshasa
Railway (built between 1890 and 1898) made it possible to transport goods
from deeper within Congo's interior to the port of Matadi, stimulating the city
to become an important trading center. The word Matadi means ‘stone’ in
the local Kikongo
language. The town is built on steep hills.
Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).
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