#Belgium stamps
400 Years of Manneken Pis – a special stamp released by Belgium Post
For the last 400 years, Brussels has had Manneken Pis, a two-foot-high sculpture of a naked little boy, urinating into a fountain. The original of the current bronze statuette was made by Hieronymus Duquesnoy the Elder, and this happened in 1619. Manneken Pis therefore celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. Belgium Post has presented a special stamp to mark this event. Illustrated by Philip V
Stamps of Turkey and Belgium won PostEurop`s philatelic contest!
PostEurop announced the winners of this year`s philatelic competition. Stamp of Turkey was selected as the winner during online voting and Belgium’s item was awarded the title of the most beautiful Europa stamps of 2018 by jury. Both stamps depict bridges, the theme for the 2018 multi-nation Europa stamp series. A total of 57 postal administrations participated in the competitions, each ente
Saga of Thorgal commemorated by Belgian Post with a new issue
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to inform that Belgian Post presented a new stamp issue dedicated to fictional figure Thorgal. The issue has been already designed and is scheduled to be put into circulation on the 28th of January. Thorgal is a Belgian fantasy comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It combines several themes and legen
Belgian tapestries – masterpieces created with love
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to inform that Belgian Post will release a set of stamps dedicated to different kinds of tapestry. The issue consists of five stamps that will be released and put into circulation on the 26th of January. When it comes to tapestries, Belgian tapestries are some of the most well known throughout the world. Belgian tapestries are known for their exceptional quality of
Le Petit Spirou – one of the most famous Belgian comic strip
SatmpNews.com is glad to inform that Belgium Post issued a special stamp depicting Le Petit Spirou. Young Spirou, created in 1987 by Tome (writer) and Janry (graphic artist), is a popular Belgian comic book figure. The books are filled with short stories about the character's childhood. The issue was released on the 6th of October and is now available for purchasing. Le Petit Spirou (Young Spirou)
Sotheby's and the cheated philatelist
The famous auction house found itself embroiled in a sticky situation because of the case with a Belgian client happened in 2009. Sotheby's is involved, to its great dismay, in a fraud investigated presently by the financial brigade of Paris. The client calls the famous auction house 625,000 euros in court for the loss of a part of legendary stamp collection. In 2009, the Brussels citizen decided
100 Years of the First Airmail Flight celebrated on new Belgian stamps
Bpost issued a sheet with two stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first airmail flight realized in Belgium. On May 1, 1913, during the exhibition in Ghent, a young man of 19 years old made a flight on his monoplane Deperdussin from the nearby airfield of Sint-Denijs-Westrem to Berchem-Sainte-Agathe. Besides the pilot, Henri Crombez, some Postal mailbags were on board. Jean Libert and
Pierre Alechinsky stamps from Belgium
The Bpost hast issued a set of stamps dedicated to the paintings of Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky. His work is related to Tachisme, Abstract expressionism, and Lyrical Abstraction. His paintings are held in the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Tate, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Titanic stamps from Belgium
The Belgium Post has issued a stamp sheet to commemorate the centennial of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The sheet is sold together with the 3D glasses, in order buyers could enjoy the viewing of the Titanic movie in 3D issued in 2012 and directed by James Cameron. The stamp sheet was designed by Francois Schuiten and Kris Maes.
Old and New Mailboxes on Belgian Stamps
To commemorate the Stamp Day the BPost (Belgium) is issuing a series of stamps illustrating the evolution of country's mailboxes. The stamps feature: Cast iron mailbox, round, on legs (from the second half of the nineteenth century) Rural wooden mailbox (from the second half of the nineteenth century) Mailbox on legs (from 1930) Plastic mailbox of the "Napoleon" type (from 1970) Modern mailbox (fr
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