King Leopold I in profile 

King Leopold I in profile
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King Leopold I in profile

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
297955
Area
Stamps
Title
King Leopold I in profile
Face value
40
Country / area
Belgium
Year
1865
Month
Day
Issue group
1865 King Leopold I in profile (I)
Order Number in Issue
4
Basic colour
Pink
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Heads of State, Kings
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Leopold I of Belgium [1790-1865]
Item subject
Michel number
17A 17 D
Yvert number
20
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
32 37
OBP-COB number
Designer/Engraver
De La Rue (DLR), Joubert de la Ferté, Ferdinand Jean (1810-1884)
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 17 A (rose, perforation 14½:14) or 17 D (rose, perforation 15); Yvert & Tellier: 20 (rose, perforation 14½:14 or 15); Stanley Gibbons: 32 (carmine, thin paper, perforation 14½:14) or 37 (rose, thick paper, perforation 15); OBP: 20 pale rose or 20a carmine-rose or 20b carmine (line perforation 14½:14) or 20A pale rose or 20Aa carmine-rose (comb-perforation 15).