Belgium 1997 Paul Delvaux

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  • Label : "De Post – La Poste" (Belgian Post, official name 1830-2006); 1997; commemorative stamps to the "100th Anniversary of birth of Paul Delvaux";

(issue of 3 stamps)
Stamp datas:

  • Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 2751-2753; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2699-2701; Scott: No. 1648-1650; AFA: 2760-2762
  • Colo : multicolored
  • Watermark : noe
  • Nominal values : 15 – 17 – 32 (BEF)
  • Postage validity : since 19 April 1997
  • Designed by :
- Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) (creator of the depicted paintings)
- "MVMT" (= "Myriam Voz (* 1961) + Thierry Martin (* 1949)") as designer
  • Printed by : "P.P.G. de Schutter", Malines/Mechelen ("PPG" = "Pre-Press Group") (Belgium)
  • Print process : Photogravure (Heliogravure) on luminescent paper
  • Perforation :
- horizontal format : Comb perforation, K 11½ : 11¾
- vertical format : Comb perforation, K11¾ : 11½
  • Print run :
- 15 (BEF) : 3,108,500 in sheets à 25 stamps
- 17 (BEF) : 5,007,500 in sheets à 25 stamps
- 32 (BEF) : 2,178,500 in sheets à 25 stamps
  • Stamp size :
- horizontal (printed area of a single stamp) : 45.0 x 24.5 mm
- vertical format (printed area of a single stamp without signature line) : 24.5 x 43.0 mm


Commemorative stamps to the "100th Anniversary of birth of Paul Delvaux";
(issue of 3 stamps)

Stamps

mint

Michel No. 2751, mint
Michel No. 2752, mint
Michel No. 2753, mint

postmarked

Michel No. 2751, postmarked
Michel No. 2752, postmarked
Michel No. 2753, postmarked


To the stamp motives:
- 15 (BEF) : detail of the painting "L‘Homme de la Rue" by Paul Delvaux; painting created in 1940 in the syle of the Surrealism; contemporary located at the "Musée des Beaux Arts", Liège/Lüttich (= "BAL") (Belgium)
- 17 (BEF) : detail of the painting "La Voix Publique" by Paul Delvaux; painting created in 1948 in the style of the Surrealism; contemporary located at the "Musées royaux des Beau-Arts de Belgique", Brussels (Belgium)
- 32 (BEF) : detail of the painting "La Messagère du Soir" or "Woman wearing hat, trolley" by Paul Delvaux; painting created in 1980 in the style of the Surrealism; contemporary located at the "Musée Paul Delvaux", Sint-Idesbald (Belgium)