King Leopold I in profile 

King Leopold I in profile
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King Leopold I in profile

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
282667
Area
Stamps
Title
King Leopold I in profile
Face value
1
Country / area
Belgium
Year
1865
Month
Day
Issue group
1865 King Leopold I in profile (I)
Order Number in Issue
5
Basic colour
Purple
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Heads of State, Kings
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Leopold I of Belgium [1790-1865]
Item subject
Michel number
18 A 18 C 18 D
Yvert number
21 21a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
28 33 38
OBP-COB number
Designer/Engraver
De La Rue (DLR), Joubert de la Ferté, Ferdinand Jean (1810-1884)
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 18 A (violet, perforation 14½:14) or 18 C (light violet, perforation 14) or 18 D (violet, perforation 15); Yvert & Tellier: 21 (violet, perforation 14½:14 or 15) or 21a (violet, perforation 14); Stanley Gibbons: 28 (lilac, perforation 14) or 33 (lilac, thin paper, perforation 14½:14) or 38 (lilac, thick paper, perforation 15); OBP: 21 violet or 21a dark violet (line perforation 14½:14) or 21A violet or 21Aa lilac (comb-perforation 15) or 21B lilac (Zähnung 14).