Belgium 1849 Medallions - First Edition

• Issue Date: 17 Oct 1849 (40c) and 10 August 1850
• Designed by: Charles Baugniet
• Engraving by: John Henri Robinson
• Printed by: State Printing Office of Belgium
• Print Process: Typography
• Perforations: Imperforate
• Watermark: Capitals "LL" weaved together in framed box

Capitals "LL" weaved together in framed box

10c Brown

20c Blue

40c Carmine-pink

10c

Brown Printed on thin paper 10 Aug 1850

File:Belgium 1849 Medallions aa.jpg Gray-brown Printed on thin paper 10 Aug 1850

Dark Brown Printed on thick paper 10 Aug 1850

Brown Printed on thick paper 10 Aug 1850

Perception cancels on 10 c

Face well visible.

Direction 24 at Brussels (BE). COB 3 (thin paper).

Brown thick paper, Perception 48 at Genappe . COB 3A.

Luxus object, 73 at Liège (BE)

20c

Blue Printed on thin paper 10 Aug 1850

File:Belgium 1849 Medallions ba.jpg Pale Blue Printed on thin paper 10 Aug 1850

Dark Blue Printed on thick paper 10 Aug 1850

Blue Printed on thick paper 10 Aug 1850

Perception cancels on 20 c

Perception 4.

Perception 24 at Brussels (BE). COB 4

Perception 158 at Ecaussinnes (BE) LI a.jpg

= 40c =‎

17 Octobre 1849 issue.

Carmine-pink, Printed on thin paper COB5

Carmine-pink, Printed on average paper COB5A

Used

P4 Printed on thin paper

P25 at Charleroi (BE) Intense shade

P83 at Mons (BE) COB5

Covers

Cover from MONS to France in 1852.