Belgian Mystery - Wartime Surcharge?

Does anyone know what this is? It looks like a handstamped surcharge, but not the same kind as the 1946 Provisionals. I say this because the letters seem to read MO, which is probably the beginning of the word MONS. So I'm wondering if it was a special local surcharge.

The stamp seems to have been cancelled in 42 but it could just as well be 47.

I can't read the name of the cancelling office: ------ SUR-MARGILENNE perhaps?



Thanks for looking!

Town is (Mont-sur-Marchienne)

Thanks! Google says 44 km from Mons.

This stamp has the -10% handstamp (moins means minus) showing under the town cancel. Some were typographed and some were handstamped. Scott mentions that the handstamps come in different types and sizes.

OK, thanks. So it's a 1946 provisional used in 1947?

There are a myriad of these types of surcharges. As I understand it, each post office had its own handstamp to apply the rate reduction surcharge. Presumably this is why Scott does not list them.

That's an amazing collection. I can't imagine how many Belgian stamps you must have gone through to find them!

I didn't think the word starting "MO" looked long enough to be "MOINS."

I can't take credit for the compilation. It was part of a Belgium collection I purchased a few years ago.

I'm not sure I see any mint stamps. Do these exist? Perhaps the surcharges were applied as the stamps were sold for use?

Bottom 3 are mint.

Thanks, rod - mint would seem much harder to find.

Revenue ---Nice collection of those overprints . Put me in your WILL for those pages .