1E - Northern Goshawk

Dutch/French name (on the stamp) :

Havik / Autour des Palombes

Plate & Specifications:

Printed in offset.

The Non-indicated Value '1E'
represents a shipment to Europe,
below 50g.

This stamp celebrates the 25e anniversary
of the first edition:

'3Fr Hawfinch' & '9Fr European Goldfinch'.

you will find this stamp in a commemoratif sheet,
together with the following stamps:

Common Buzzard

Eurasian Hobby

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Red Kite

First Day Postmarks:

This stamp went on Pre-sale on April 12th, 2010
from 10:00 to 16:00 in a temporary postoffices on following location:

ANTVERPIA 2010 Antwerp Expo Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 191 2020 Antwerpen

There exist also a First-Day postmark of Brussels (with motive),
dated April 15th, 2010

This postmark was not available at the Pre-sale.

Also exist :

During the expo 'ANTVERPIA',
a limited card was available (for free)

The card is numbered, and got a postmark from a local machine.

Appearance on letter:

Letter sent to Olivenza (Spain)
on November 12th, 2012.

Rate: Letter (-50g, Europe) = €0.99

[This rate was applied from January 1st, 2012 till December 31st, 2012]

The Non-indicated Value '1E'
represents a shipment to Europe,
below 50g (In this case: to Spain).

'1E - Northern Goshawk' as franking.

The adress mentioned on the letter was wrong
so on the backside of the letter, a label 'Wrong adress'
and a postmark from Olivenze dated 14.11.2012 were put.

Finally, the letter was re-sent to Belgium.