Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 07-06-2014 10:49 AM               

---

On Sept. 4, 1935, Karl Roberti launched his postal rocket-plane RV-3. EZ notes a 15 Fr rocket stamp.

How does this rocket stamp look like? Did anybody of you ever see a flown item with this rocket stamp?

Posts: 53
From: Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Registered: May 2014

posted 07-25-2014 04:58 AM               

---

Walter, I can give you the following explication:

1. In the EZ cat mentionning the 15 FR. This is a fault an error. The stamps normally used in the 1930s had a face value from 1 cent to 1 frank.

2. The value used at these times were 10 cent to send a letter, sometimes due to weight heigher values were used. This by using several other stamps.

3. I made some research in my Belgian collection, from 1919 till and no furher than 1935 ( cover date) I did not found one stamps with the value of 15 fr. (that was an enourmous amount at that time. (15 fr is now about 50 eurocent).

4. All the covers I've seen have or the 5 cent stamp (orange), the 10 cent (olive).

The series of stamps emitted in Belgium in 1932 regarding the covers were for the values of 1 cent, 2, 10, 20, 25, 50 and 75 cent.

I got a cover RV3 in my collection (2x5 cent [orange]).

Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003