First Orval 

First Orval
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First Orval

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9807135
Area
Stamps
Title
First Orval
Face value
5+5
Country / area
Belgium
Year
1929
Month
Day
Issue group
1929 Cancellation HV [MECHELEN 1929 MALINES]
Order Number in Issue
30A
Basic colour
Gold, Red
Exact colour
Red
Usage
Precancellation
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Abbeys, Churches and cathedrals
Geographical theme
Orval
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
OBP-COB number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
11½
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Photogravure
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Original stamp: nr 256721 Overprint: "MECHELEN 1929 MALINES" Official Catalog of the precanceled Stamps of Belgium nr. HV 4900 A HV = Manual preobliteration A = vertical text, readable from bottom to top