5 + 5 Centimes 1928 - Orval Abbey


5 + 5 Centimes 1928 - Orval Abbey
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 in the Gaume region of Belgium and is located in Villers-devant-Orval, part of Florenville in the province of Luxembourg. The abbey is well known for its history and spiritual life but also for its local production of the Trappist beer Orval and a specific cheese.
Face value 5 + 5 Centimes
Catalog code (Michel) BE 235
Catalog code (Scott) BE B69
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier BE 258 Stanley Gibbons BE 461 AFA number BE 235 Belgium BE 258 Unificato BE 258
Stamp colour gold / red
Stamp use Semi Postal stamp
Print run 867.486
Issue date 15/09/1928
Designer G. de Vlaminck
Print technique photogravure and typography
Printed by Sips-Cattoir, Brussels
Perforation 11 1/2
Height 38.00 mm
Width 30.00 mm
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