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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) (Dutch: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika (KMMA); French: Musée royal de l'Afrique central (MRCA)), also colloquially known as the Africa Museum, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It was first built to showcase King Leopold II's Congo Free State for the 1897 World Exhibition. It focuses on the Congo, a former Belgian colony. The sphere of influence however (especially regarding to biological research) extends to the whole Congo River basin, Middle Africa, East Africa and West Africa, but tries to integrate "Africa" as a whole. Intended originally as a colonial museum, from 1960 it became more focused on ethnography and anthropology. Like in most museums, there is a research and public exhibit department. |
| Face value | 5 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1998 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 1038 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 1953 Stanley Gibbons BE 2573 AFA number BE 2003 Belgium BE 1947 Unificato BE 1953 |
| Series | Tourism |
| Place in series | 1 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 20/10/1979 |
| Designer | Herman Verbaere / Paul Huybrechts |
| Print technique | recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 26.00 mm |
| Width | 41.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
