File:BEL 1884 MiNr0042 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the Kingdom of Belgium; 1884; definitive stamp of the issue "Leopold II, King of the Belgians"; side portrait of the King in circle with view to left: drawing with two numbers above the portrait circle; stamp postmarked in 1894
Stamp: Michel: No. 42; Yvert et Tellier: No. 46; AFA: No. 43
Color: carmine rose on blueish paper (on yellowish paper = issue of 1885)
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 (Centimes)

Postage validity: from 15 July 1884 until 3 September 1910
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1884-07-15T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1910-09-03T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.5 x 22.0 mm
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Author "De Post N.V. / La Poste S.A." as Belgian National Post enterprise of the government of the Kingdom of Belgium
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Picture description Drawing with a cameo carving of a side portrait of Leopold II, King of the Belgians with view to left in circle inside of an ornamented frame
First day of issue
Publisher "De Post N.V. / La Poste S.A." as Belgian National Post enterprise of the government of the Kingdom of Belgium
Design Henri Hendrickx (1817-1894) (design)

Louis-Eugène Mouchon (1843-1914) (engraving)

Printer "Algemene Werkplaats van het Zagel", Mechelen/Malines
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 720,000,000 (in sheets à 50 stamps)
Perforation Line perforation, L 14
MICHEL Nr. Belgien, Nr. 42

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