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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen; French: le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines; German: der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln) was the highest court in the Burgundian Netherlands. It was responsible for the Dutch-, French- and German-speaking areas. In Luxembourgish the phrase "mir ginn op Mechelen" (we'll go to Mechelen) still means playing one's last trump card. The Grote Raad first sat in the Schepenhuis in Mechelen then, from 1616, in the (old) palace of Margaretha of Austria on Keizerstraat. |
| Face value | 9 + 4,50 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1733 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE B906 Yvert et Tellier BE 1673 Stanley Gibbons BE 2317 AFA number BE 1745 Belgium BE 1681 Unificato BE 1673 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 710.714 |
| Issue date | 23/06/1973 |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 56.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
