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Stamp of the Kingdom of Belgium; 1893; definitive stamp of the issue "Leopold II, King of the Belgians"; side portrait of the King in circle with view to left: stamp postmarked in Marche-en-Famenne, 1895
Stamp: Michel, No. 53; Yvert et Tellier: No. 57; AFA: No. 54
Color: yellowish red brown
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 (Centimes)

Postage validity: from 1 June 1893 until 14 October 1915
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1893-06-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1915-10-14T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area without below names line): 18.0 x 24.0 mm
Postmark: Marche-en-Famenne (Province Luxemburg; Region Wallonia),

(question: "Marche-en-Famenne" or "Marche-lez-Écaussinnes"..? But the old German name of "Marche-en-Famenne" was "Mark")
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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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Public domain This work was first published in Belgium and is in the public domain because its exempt from copyright protection by virtue of the Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (of June 30, 1994, as amended by the Law of April 3, 1995), enacted 1995. The work meets the following criteria:
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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 140,000
Perforation Line perforarion, L 14
MICHEL Nr. Belgien, Nr. 53

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