File:BEL 1957 MiNr1054 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Belgium; 1957; commemorative stamp of the issue "World Exhibition 1958 in Brussels"; stamp motive show a view to the Atomium in Brussels and the exhibition emblem; stamp postmarked in Brussels, 1957
Note:
The "Atomium" is a momument in Laeken near Brussels, erected to the there "World Exhibition 1958". The designer of this monument was the engeneer André Waterkeyn (1917-2005). The construction symbolizes a body-centered cubic crystal structure. Erected was the monument by the architects André and Jean Polak in 1957 at the Heysel-Plateau in Laeken near Brussels.
Stamp: Michel: No. 1054 ; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1008; Scott: No. 500; AFA: 1071
Color: red carmine to dark red
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 2 F (Francs)
Postage validity: from 17 April 1957 until ?
Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 24.5 x 35.5 mm

Postmark: Brussels (Belgium), , two-circle standard cancellation (machine) with 24.0 mm outside diameter
Date

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(date of postmark)
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"
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  • The "Atomium" nearby Brussels in 2006
    The "Atomium" nearby Brussels in 2006
Picture description "Atomium" in Brussels
First day of issue
Publisher "La Poste" (Belgium) of the Belgian government
Design Edouard Meert (design),

Léon Janssens (engraving)

Printer "Imprimerie Belge de Securite S.A.", Brussels (probably)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation 15,675,706 (in sheets à 30 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11½
MICHEL Nr. Belgien, Nr. 1054
SCOTT Nr. Belgium, No. 500

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