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| General Description : | The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) (also colloquially known as The Africa Museum) (Dutch Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika (KMMA)) is an ethnographical and natural history museum in Tervuren, in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It was first built to showcase King Leopold II's Congo Free State for the 1897 World Exhibition. It focuses on the Congo, a former Belgian colony. The sphere of influence however (especially regarding to biological research) extends to the whole Congo River basin, Middle Africa, East Africa and West Africa, but tries to integrate Africa as a whole. Intended originally as a colonial museum, from 1960 it became more focused on ethnography and anthropology. Like in most museums, there is a research and public exhibit department. Not all research is pertaining to Africa, for example the research on the archaeozoology of Sagalassos, Turkey. Some researchers have strong ties with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. |
| Face value | 2 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1428 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 665 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 1375 Stanley Gibbons BE 1968 AFA number BE 1449 Belgium BE 1375 Unificato BE 1375 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 3.500.000 |
| Issue date | 28/05/1966 |
| Designer | Charles Leclercq / Oscar Bonnevalle |
| Print technique | photogravure and recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 28.00 mm |
| Width | 39.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
