Philipp Melanchthon 

Philipp Melanchthon
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Philipp Melanchthon

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
366819
Area
Stamps
Title
Philipp Melanchthon
Face value
20
Country / area
Germany
Year
1960
Month
04
Day
19
Issue group
1960 Philip Melanchthon
Order Number in Issue group
Usage
Postage
Type
Set, Stamp
Basic colour
Black, Red
Exact colour
Black, Carmine-brown
Theme / topic
Humanists, Reformation [protestant]
Geographical theme
Wittenberg
Persons theme
Melanchthon, Philipp [1497-1560]
Item subject
Porträt zum 400.Todestag; Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Michel number
328
Yvert number
201
Scott number
809
Stanley Gibbons number
1242
Designer/Engraver
Kieser, Karl Georg Günther [1930-2023], Michel, Hans [1920-1996]
Printing office
Bundesdruckerei [Germany] (BDB)
Perforation type
Comb perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
13¾ : 14
Watermark
DBP and crucifer (plural)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Offset
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
20.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
27,5 x 33 mm
Details

Schwarzerd, Philipp 1497-1560, called Melanchthon, reformer and humanist, author of the Augsburg Confession Lucas Cranach, (1472-1553) painter of the Reformation

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