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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Dirk Martens (Latin: Theodoricus Martinus) (Aalst, 1446 or 1447 – 2 May 1534) was a printer and editor in Flanders. He went to Venice and worked with the humanist Gerardus de Lisa. In 1473, he returned to Aalst and together with Johan van Westfalen started a printing press. He printed a book on the two lovers of Enea Piccolomini who later became Pope Pius II. Between 1492 and 1529, he founded two new printing ateliers in Antwerp and Leuven. He edited several humanist works by Erasmus and Thomas More (Utopia, 1516). He also edited the first letter by Christopher Columbus on the New World. |
| Face value | 2 + 1 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1729 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE B902 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 1669 Stanley Gibbons BE 2313 AFA number BE 1741 Belgium BE 1677 Unificato BE 1669 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 746.158 |
| Issue date | 23/06/1973 |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | photogravure and recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
