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Stamp of Belgium; 1946; commemorative stamp of the issue "100th Anniversary of the steamship ferry line over the British channal between Dover and Oostende"; stamp drawing shows the ship S.S. "Diamant", the 335 BRT steam ship which opened the permanent ferry line (with mail transport) between Oostende and Dover in 1846; stamp postmarked in Antwerp
Stamp: Michel: No. 757; Yvert & Tellier: No. 727; Scott: No. 370; AFA: No. 746
Color: dark blue to blue black
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 3 F 15 = 3.15 (Francs)

Postage validity: from 14 June 1946 until 30 September 1959
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1946-06-14T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1959-09-30T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 24.5 x 20.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "La Poste" (Belgium) of the Belgian government
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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:
  • It is any "official act of the authorities"
Picture description S.S. "Diamant"
First day of issue
Publisher "La Poste" (Belgium) of the Belgian government
Design Unknown authorUnknown author

Léon Janssens (engraver of the original stamp)

Printer "Allgemene Werkplats van het Zegel", Mechelen (Malines) or

"Impimerie-Drukkerij S.A.", Brussels

Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation 21,077,100 (in sheets à 150 stamps)
Perforation Line perforation, L 14
MICHEL Nr. Belgien, No. 757
SCOTT Nr. Belgien, No. 370

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