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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | It starts off with a satirical learned encomium, in which Folly praises herself, after the manner of the Greek satirist Lucian, whose work Erasmus and Sir Thomas More had recently translated into Latin, a piece of virtuoso foolery; it then takes a darker tone in a series of orations, as Folly praises self-deception and madness and moves to a satirical examination of pious but superstitious abuses of Catholic doctrine and corrupt practices in parts of the Roman Catholic Church—to which Erasmus was ever faithful—and the folly of pedants (including Erasmus himself). Erasmus had recently returned disappointed from Rome, where he had turned down offers of advancement in the curia, and Folly increasingly takes on Erasmus' own chastising voice. The essay ends with a straightforward statement of Christian ideals. |
| Face value | 2 + 1 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1485 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE B811 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 1428 Stanley Gibbons BE 2031 AFA number BE 1502 Belgium BE 1428 Unificato BE 1428 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 982.666 |
| Issue date | 02/09/1967 |
| Designer | Henri Decuyper |
| Print technique | photogravure and recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
