The Belgian Egg 

The Belgian Egg
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The Belgian Egg

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
313051
Area
Stamps
Title
The Belgian Egg
Face value
4,50
Country / area
Belgium
Year
1977
Month
10
Day
08
Issue group
1977 The Belgian egg
Order Number in Issue group
Usage
Postage
Type
Set, Stamp
Basic colour
Black, Brown
Exact colour
Brown black, Dull brown
Theme / topic
Agriculture, Art, Drawings, Farms, Food, Museums, Painters, Trees
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Smet, Gustave De [1877-1943]
Item subject
"The Farmer's Wife with the Eggs"
Michel number
1920
Yvert number
1863
Scott number
999
Stanley Gibbons number
2506
OBP-COB number
1868
Designer/Engraver
Huybrechts, Paul, Malvaux, Jean
Printing office
Stamps Production [Mechelen, Belgium] (SPB)
Perforation type
Comb perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
11½
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Photogravure, Steel engraving
Paper
Polyvalent paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
6.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
28 x 39 mm
Details