2 Francs + 50 Centimes 1957 - Lodewijk De Raet and Jules Destrée


2 Francs + 50 Centimes 1957 - Lodewijk De Raet and Jules Destrée
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General Description : Lodewijk De Raet (1870-1914) was a Flemish economist and politician. He played an important role in the Flemish movement. He was co-founder of the Vlaamsche volkspartij (1892), and was a proponent of the use of Flemish instead of French at the University of Ghent in Flanders (north part of Belgium). He believed that the economic development of Flanders was necessary for the political and cultural strengthening of the region. His motto was: taalbelang is stoffelijk belang (English: language importance is of material importance).

Jules Destrée (Marcinelle, 21 August 1863 – Brussels, 3 January 1936) was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician. The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. He wrote a Letter to the King in 1912, which is seen as the founding declaration of the Walloon movement. He is famous for his quote "Il n'y a pas de Belges" (There are no Belgians), pointing to the lack of patriotic feelings in Flemings and Walloons, while pleading for some kind of federal state.
Face value 2 Francs + 50 Centimes
Catalog code (Michel) BE 1060
Catalog code Stamp Number BE B602 Yvert et Tellier BE 1016 Stanley Gibbons BE 1607 AFA number BE 1078 Belgium BE 1016 Unificato BE 1016
Stamp colour purple
Stamp use Semi Postal stamp
Print run 284.970
Issue date 08/06/1957
Designer Edouard Meert / Jean Malvaux
Print technique photogravure
Perforation 11 1/2
Height 27.00 mm
Width 39.00 mm
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