Belgium Overprint ID Help

Overprint on this issue looks like 10 %.
10% of what? Any help?

Reducing the original value of the stamp by 10%

thanks

The general releases overprinted in Ghislenghien, there are other from Antwerpen, Charleroi, Zottegern, Brussel & Liege!

There are literally over a couple of thousand types of the "-10%" surcharges to be found. In fact, they are a study all on their own.

In 1946, the Belgian government allowed a 10% discount on mail and this was for domestic as well as for overseas mail. You will also find this surcharge on some Belgian stationery as well.

Also, there are stamps that have the new value figured out for you <G>. These are stamps that have the new value surcharged on the stamp instead of the "-10%". As an example, let's use a 5 Franc stamp - with the 10% taken off, that would be 4,50 Francs and the stamp will have "4.50" on it instead of the usual '-10%" These are still in the same category.

You might want to go in to this site, where I had a listing of the towns beginning with the letter "A" - which is just a smattering of what is out there: http://www.myphilately.com/frm_view...96&topicid=3

Chimo

Bujutsu

If there are so many of these out there, how come no one ever sells any on ebay or the other "for sale" sites?
Have the specialists taken them all? There is only 1 individual selling these on ebay, the same 3 issues over and over. Would be a fun sideline collection. The are relatively cheap (I guess) but their availablitiy is not
great.

Back to Belgium gotta go looking. Thank you. - Jeff