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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Philip I (22 July 1478 – 25 September 1506), known as Philip the Handsome or the Fair, was the first member of the house of Habsburg to be King of Castile. The son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands (as Philip IV) from his mother, Mary of Burgundy, and briefly succeeded to the Crown of Castile as the husband of Queen Joanna of Castile, who was also heiress-presumptive to the Crown of Aragon. He was the first Habsburg monarch in Spain. He never inherited his father's territories, nor became Holy Roman Emperor, because he predeceased his father, but his son Emperor Charles V eventually united the Habsburg, Burgundian, Castilian, and Aragonese inheritances. |
| Face value | 16 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2713 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE 1622 Yvert et Tellier BE 2661 Stanley Gibbons BE 3354 Belgium BE 2658 Unificato BE 2661 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 6.154.500 |
| 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 |
