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Zaire
Salvation Army Stamps
The 1980 Issue
Zaire 1980
Issue date - March 3rd 1980
Withdrawn from sale - Not Known
Invalidated - Not Known
Printed on semi-matt, un-watermarked paper. Perforated, 10¾ by 11
Imperforate specimens of both the stamps and souvenir sheets have
been recorded.
This set was issued to commemorate the Centenary of The Salvation
Army in the USA
Value: 50 Sengi
Design:
Booth Memorial Hospital, Flushing, New York
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1002
Scott no: 960
Value: 4.50 Kuta
Design:
George Scott Railton arriving in the USA
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1003
Scott no: 961
Value: 10
Kuta
Design: Mobile
dispensary at Masian, Zaire
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1004
Scott no: 962
Value: 20 Kuta
Design:
General Eva Booth and Officer with child
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1005
Scott no: 963
Value: 40 Kuta
Design:
Salvation Army Band
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1006
Scott no: 964
Value: 75 Kuta
Design:
Mobile baby clinic in Zaire
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1007
Scott no: 965
Value: 1.50 Zaire
Design:
Disaster Relief Canteen
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1008
Scott no: 966
Value: 2 Zaire
Design:
America Salvationists march
Issue: Not
Known
Sold: Not
Known
Gibbons no:
1009
Scott no: 967
The souvenir sheet shows General and Mrs. Arnold
Brown.
SG No. MS1010 Scott No. 968
First Day Covers
There are just three known FDC cachets
1. Coat of Arms (leopard head and crossed spears) with red shield
first day postmark in French (set of stamps on 2 covers)
2. Red shield cachet with red shield first day postmark in French (Set
and sheet on three covers)
3. A century in America logo with red shield postmark in English (Set
and sheet on three covers)
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