10 Francs 1991 - Centennial of "Gazet van Antwerpen"


10 Francs 1991 - Centennial of "Gazet van Antwerpen"
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : The Gazet van Antwerpen is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra.
The first edition appeared on November 3, 1891. Its editor was Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os, a Catholic. Shortly afterwards, the company NV De Vlijt took over the newspaper. Circulation rose to 25,000 in 1893 and 40,000 in 1896. Around the First World War, circulation was just short of 100,000. It was not be published during the First or the Second World War.

In 1973, the Gazet van Antwerpen reached its peak of 210,000. Its current circulation is 135,000.
Face value 10 Francs
Catalog code (Michel) BE 2487
Catalog code (Scott) BE 1422
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier BE 2435 Stanley Gibbons BE 3097 AFA number BE 2491 Belgium BE 2435 Unificato BE 2435
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 4.000.000
Issue date 02/11/1991
Designer Carlos Verhulst
Print technique photogravure
Perforation comb 11¾ x 11½
Height 28.00 mm
Width 41.00 mm
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