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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Hermes was a proposed spaceplane designed by the French Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) in 1975, and later by the European Space Agency. It was superficially similar to the US X-20. France proposed in January 1985 to go through with Hermes development under the auspices of the ESA.[1] Hermes was to have been part of a manned space flight program. It would have been launched using an Ariane 5. The project was approved in November 1987, with an initial pre-development phase from 1988 to 1990, with a green light for full-rate development depending on the outcome of the phase. The project suffered numerous delays and funding issues. It was canceled in 1992 since neither cost nor performance goals could be achieved. No Hermes shuttles were ever built. |
| Face value | 25 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2459 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE 1400 Yvert et Tellier BE 2407 Stanley Gibbons BE 3056 AFA number BE 2465 Belgium BE 2407 Unificato BE 2407 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 1.800.000 |
| Issue date | 04/05/1991 |
| Designer | Oscar Bonnevalole |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 28.00 mm |
| Width | 41.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
