File:BEL 1954 MiNr0988 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of Belgium; 1954; definitive stamp with precancellation overprint of the issue "Heraldic lion"; stamp drawing shows a Belgian heraldic lion with overprint (overprint of 1954 on a stamp of 1951); old value fourfold fessed between the days of the validity (the imprinted end date was changed later); (In the Belgian heraldry, a lion is always depicted in profile, whereas a leopard is always depicted facing.); mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 988 (with overprint on No. 896Ax from 1951); Yvert & Tellier: No. 942 (with overprint on No. 858 from 1951); Scott: No. 478 (with overprint on No. 419 from 1951)
Color: blue to dark blue with black overint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 20 C (Centimes) on 90 (Centimes)
Postage validity: from 1 January 1954 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 17.5 x 21.0 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 Heraldic lion of Belgium with overprint
First day of issue
Publisher "La Poste" (Belgium) of the Belgian government
Design William Goffin (design of the original stamp)

Léon Janssens (engraver of the original stamp)

Printer "Zegeldrukkerij", Mechelen (Malines)
Printing technique Letterpress (stamp + overprint)
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13½ : 14
MICHEL Nr. Belgien, No. 988
SCOTT Nr. Belgium, No. 478

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