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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | The Cloth Hall (Dutch: Lakenhal or Lakenhalle), of Ypres, Belgium, was one of the largest commercial buildings of the Middle Ages, when it served as the main market and warehouse for the Flemish city's prosperous cloth industry. The original structure, erected mainly in the 13th century and completed 1304, lay in ruins after artillery fire devastated Ypres in World War I. Between 1933 and 1967, the hall was meticulously reconstructed to its prewar condition, under the guidance of architects J. Coomans and P.A. Pauwels. At 125 metres in breadth, with a 70-metre-high belfry tower, the Cloth Hall recalls the importance and wealth of the medieval trade city. The Cloth Hall used to be accessible by boat via the Ieperlee waterway, which is now covered. The spacious ground-floor halls where wool and cloth were once sold are now used for exhibitions; the second floor, formerly a warehouse, now hosts the In Flanders Fields Museum, dedicated to the history of World War I. |
| Face value | 35 Centimes |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 121A |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 116 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 142 Stanley Gibbons BE 188 AFA number BE 121I Belgium BE 142 Unificato BE 142 |
| Stamp colour | black / red brown |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Issue date | 15/10/1915 |
| Print technique | recess |
| Printed by | Waterlow and Sons, London |
| Perforation | 14 |
| Height | 26.00 mm |
| Width | 32.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
