1 Franc + 15 Centimes 1941 - Joanna Queen of Castile and León


1 Franc + 15 Centimes 1941 - Joanna Queen of Castile and León
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : Joanne of Castile, Queen of Spain, mother of Charles V
Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), nicknamed Joanna the Mad, was the first queen regnant to reign over both the Crown of Castile (1504–55) and the Crown of Aragon (1516–55), a union which evolved into modern Spain. Besides the kingdoms of Spain, she also ruled the kingdoms of Sardinia, Sicily, and Naples in Italy; a vast colonial empire in the Americas; and was Countess of Burgundy and the consort of the Burgundian Netherlands, thus initiating Spanish interests there. She was the last monarch of the House of Trastámara and her marriage to Philip the Handsome initiated the rule of the Habsburgs in Spain. Throughout most of her long reign she was under the regency of either her husband, father or son, and she was long confined to a nunnery under the pretense of mental illness.
Face value 1 Franc + 15 Centimes
Catalog code (Michel) BE 573
Catalog code Stamp Number BE B297 Yvert et Tellier BE 577 Stanley Gibbons BE 964 AFA number BE 559 Belgium BE 577 Unificato BE 577
Stamp colour carmine
Stamp use Semi Postal stamp
Print run 1.417.342
Issue date 25/08/1941
Print technique photogravure
Perforation 11 1/2
Height 38.00 mm
Width 28.00 mm
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