6,50 + 2,50 Francs 1977 - Dr. Albert Hustin


6,50 + 2,50 Francs 1977 - Dr. Albert Hustin
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : Albert Hustin (1882-1967) was a Belgian medical doctor. He was the second to successfully practice non-direct blood transfusions with sodium citrate used as an anticoagulant. He added sodium citrate and glucose to the blood to preserve it, and stop it from clotting. Luis Agote, from Argentina, was the first doctor to practice this kind of transfusion.
Face value 6,50 + 2,50 Francs
Catalog code (Michel) BE 1892
Catalog code (Scott) BE B950
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier BE 1834 Stanley Gibbons BE 2478 AFA number BE 1899 Belgium BE 1840 Unificato BE 1834
Series Belgian Red Cross 1977
Place in series 1
Stamp colour multicolour
Stamp use Semi Postal stamp
Print run 842.446
Issue date 19/02/1977
Paper type Stamp
Print technique photogravure
Perforation 11 1/2
Height 39.00 mm
Width 28.00 mm
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