Can someone shed light on this stamp. It is from 1985 from Benin. Seems the stamp was unissued (?). In my very old Michel I find it as A398 with no pricing given.
With Michel a letter prefix simply means the stamp was assigned a catalogue listing after the original numbering had been formed. This practice allows the numbering of other stamps to remain unchanged when and if some previously "unknown" stamps are added.
If the stamp was unissued, it would have been assigned a roman numeral (I,II, III,IV,...) in Michel.
Last remaining question is then why the stamp has an elevated catalogue value (I read 80 €/$ for MNH) ? All the stamps around the same catalogue numbering are much lower in value.
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