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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Aulne Abbey was a Cistercian monastery between Thuin and Landelies on the Sambre in the Bishopric of Liège in Belgium. Originally it was a Benedictine monastery, founded by Saint Landelinus about 637. Before 974 the Benedictines were replaced by secular clerics leading a common life, who, however, embraced the Rule of St. Augustine in 1144. At the instance of Henry de Leyen, Bishop of Liège, it came into the hands of Cistercian monks from Clairvaux in 1147, under Franco de Morvaux as its first Cistercian abbot. From that time onwards it flourished as a Cistercian monastery. The French burned it at the end of the 18th century, only a short time after it had been rebuilt on a larger scale. The library, which contained 40,000 books and 5,000 manuscripts, was also destroyed. |
| Face value | 3 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1540 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 714 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 1483 Stanley Gibbons BE 2105 AFA number BE 1559 Belgium BE 1483 Unificato BE 1483 |
| Stamp colour | black / bright violet |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 10.500.000 |
| Issue date | 15/02/1969 |
| Designer | Oscar Bonnevalle / Paul Verheyden |
| Print technique | photogravure and recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 27.00 mm |
| Width | 48.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
