Catalogue information

LastDodo number
282553
Area
Stamps
Title
King Leopold I
Face value
40
Country / area
Year
1858
Month
Day
Order Number in Issue
4
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Item subject
Michel number
9 I 9 II
Yvert number
12 12a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
11 15 15b
OBP-COB number
Printing office
Perforation
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 9 I (First plate (“small medallions"): oval 16-17 mm high and 14-15 mm large; thin satiny paper) or 9 II (Second plate ("big medaillons"): oval 17-17 mm high and 14-14 mm large; halfthick, thick and granular paper); Yvert & Tellier: 12 or 12a (round medallion); Stanley Gibbons: 11 (thin paper) or 15 (thin or thick paper) or 15b (quadrille paper); OBP: 12A or 12Aa or 12Ab (round medallion, machine-made paper) or 12 or 12a (oblong medallion on machine-made thin to normal paper) or 12B (thick paper).