39 Eurocent 2003 - Afsluitdijk


39 Eurocent 2003 - Afsluitdijk
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : The Afsluitdijk is a major causeway in the Netherlands, constructed between 1927 and 1933 and running from Den Oever on Wieringen in North Holland province, to the village of Zurich in Friesland province, over a length of 32 kilometres (20 mi) and a width of 90 m, at an initial height of 7.25 m above sea-level.

It is a fundamental part of the larger Zuiderzee Works, damming off the Zuiderzee, a salt water inlet of the North Sea, and turning it into the fresh water lake of the IJsselmeer.
Face value 39 Euro Cent
Catalog code (Michel) 2089
Stamp colour silver
Stamp use Mini-sheet stamp
Print run 800.000
Issue date 01/02/2003
Designer Reynoud Homan
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