#Belgisch Congo Belge stamps

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Nymphaea maculata - sello Congo Belga 1952

Nymphaea maculata – sello Congo Belga 1952

Nymphaea maculata – sello Congo Belga 1952 Flores ¿Puedes aportar alguna información sobre este sello? Para comenzar tu colección de sellos postales solo necesitas el primer, después no podrás parar. Y cada día aprenderás algo nuevo, la filatelia es cultura y se dice que si algo no está en un sello no existe Si estás registrado como miembro “GRATIS” o “PLATINO”, entre otras ventajas, puedes…

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Another mire of confusion are the various states that have been called Congo, or some variation thereof.  The current Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, was once known as the Congo Free State (1885-1908), after King Leopold II of Belgium convinced the other imperial powers with ventures in the region that his vision of a corporate state controlled entirely by him, and separately from his Belgian monarchic duties, was a great idea.  In 1908, the state was renamed the Belgian Congo when the extent of the rape of the Congo basin by King Leopold’s corporate state representatives finally garnered enough notice by some of the other imperial powers in Africa that the Belgian government intervened.  Upon gaining independence in 1960, the name was changed to the Republic of Congo - not to be confused with the Republic of Congo next door.  [Not surprisingly, Léopoldville was at that time the capital - as opposed to Brazzaville next door.]  The Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared in 1964, and Léopoldville renamed Kinshasa not long after, but then in 1971, the name was changed to the Republic of Zaire, which lasted until 1997, whereupon the Zairians fell back to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  And all these name changes are mere symptoms of the terrible deeds occurring at every turn....in case anyone was under the impression that a few misprints, or, you know, colonialism, were negligible.

Stamp details: Issued on: November 25, 1894 From: Boma, Congo Free State MC #15

Issued on: June 15, 1909 From: Boma, Belgian Congo MC #11

Issued on: June 30, 1960 From: Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo MC #1

Issued on: December 8, 1964 From: Léopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo MC #BL6

Issued on: December 18, 1971 From: Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire MC #448

Issued on: October 22, 2012 From: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo MC #2172

Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: Yes (since September 20, 1960) Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; République démocratique du Congo; Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi; Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki; Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo; Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (since January 1, 1886)