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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), nicknamed Joanna the Mad (Spanish: Juana la Loca), 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 | 16 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2714 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE 1623 Yvert et Tellier BE 2662 Stanley Gibbons BE 3355 AFA number BE 2718 Belgium BE 2659 Unificato BE 2662 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 6.074.500 |
| Issue date | 31/08/1996 |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 55.00 mm |
| Width | 24.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
