1Fr - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Dutch/French name (on the stamp) :

Kleine Bonte Specht / Pic Epeichette

Also exist :

precancelled

Plate & Specifications:

Printed on GOEBEL-printing presses 1 & 2 in Photogravure.

Plate of 50 subjects (10x5).

Perforation 11½.

There are two plates (2 plate numbers).

Paper Types:

(*) printed in december 1989

First Day Postmarks:

There is no first day cancellation.

Appearance on letter:

Letter sent from Leuven to Nossegem
on october 14, 1992

Rate: Letter (-20g) = 15Fr

[This rate was applied from april 1st, 1992 till december 31, 1993]

2x'1Fr Lesser Spotted Woodpecker' on S2f paper
as additional franking, together with older stamps.

Extra:

'1Fr Lesser Spotted Woodpecker' used as a Postage Due Stamp.

It is not evident to find a 'bird stamp' as a Postage Due Stamp.

The 'bird stamps' were not designed to be this kind of stamp.

Sometimes, but rarely, you can find a letter with this anomaly.

Letter sent from Maldegem to St.Katelijne Waver
on january 7, 1991

Rate: Low rate(Christmas-period),
standardized, -20g = 10Fr

[This rate was applied from december 15th, 1990 till january 14, 1991]

There was no franking on this envelop (no stamps), so
due rate has been counted as followed:

Missing stamps (10Fr) + Due postage (11Fr) = 21Fr

'1Fr Lesser Spotted Woodpecker' used as a Postage Due Stamp.