Land snails 

Land snails
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Land snails

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
11429163
Area
Stamps
Title
Land snails
Face value
Country / area
Belgium
Year
2025
Month
10
Day
20
Issue group
2025 Land snails
Order Number in Issue group
Usage
Postage
Type
Block
Basic colour
Multi-coloured
Theme / topic
Animals, Molluscs, Shells, Snails
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Cuvier, Georges [1769-1832]
Item subject
Five land snails
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
OBP-COB number
Designer/Engraver
Meersman, Marijke [1965]
Printing office
Stamps Production [Mechelen, Belgium] (SPB)
Perforation type
Number of teeth per 20 mm
11½
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Offset
Paper
White paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
32.597
Dimensions / diameter
170 x 135 mm
Details

Snail species depicted: Alinda biplicata (Giant Rain Snail), Pomatias elegans (Checkered Roundmouth Snail), Helicodonta obvulata (Coiled Tooth Snail), Succinea putris (Amber Snail), Cepaea nemoralis (Black-edged Garden Snail). Special effect: varnish printed. Leaf representation = Stylized shell of a Land Snail. Five (5) different stamps/sheetlet. FSC paper.

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