Added by | Bart Perdieus |
General Description : | Léon Charles Albert Calmette (July 12, 1863 – October 29, 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenin for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. |
Face value | 4 + 2 Francs |
Catalog code (Michel) | BE 985 |
Catalog code | Stamp Number BE B553 Yvert et Tellier BE 936 Stanley Gibbons BE 1513 AFA number BE 1002 Belgium BE 936 Unificato BE 936 |
Stamp colour | bright ultramarine |
Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
Print run | 129.154 |
Issue date | 15/12/1953 |
Print technique | recess |
Perforation | 11 1/2 |
Height | 39.00 mm |
Width | 28.00 mm |
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