Philipp Melanchthon 

Philipp Melanchthon
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Philipp Melanchthon

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
366819
Area
Stamps
Title
Philipp Melanchthon
Face value
20
Country / area
Germany
Year
1960
Month
04
Day
19
Issue group
1960 Philipp Melanchthon
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Black, Red
Exact colour
Black, Carmine-brown
Usage
Postage
Type
Set, Stamp
Theme / topic
Humanists, Reformation [protestant]
Geographical theme
Wittenberg
Persons theme
Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560)
Item subject
Porträt zum 400.Todestag; Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Michel number
328
Yvert number
201
Scott number
809
Stanley Gibbons number
1242
Designer/Engraver
Kieser, Karl Georg Günther (1930-2023), Michel, Hans (1920-1996)
Printing office
Bundesdruckerei [Germany] (BDB)
Perforation
Comb perforation 13¾ : 14
Watermark
DBP and crucifer (plural)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Offset
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
20.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
27,5 x 33 mm
Details

Schwarzerd, Philipp 1497-1560, called Melanchthon, reformer and humanist, author of the Augsburg Confession Lucas Cranach, (1472-1553) painter of the Reformation

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