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| General Description : | The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart (French: Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur, Dutch: Nationale Basiliek van het Heilig-Hart) is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels. The church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically King Leopold II laid the first stone of the basilica in 1905 during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Belgian independence. The construction was halted by the two World Wars and finished only in 1969. Belonging to the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussels, it is one of the ten largest Roman Catholic church by area in the world. |
| Face value | 5 +5 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 477 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE B220 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 477 Stanley Gibbons BE 821 AFA number BE 476 Belgium BE 477 Unificato BE 477 |
| Stamp colour | dark blue green |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 186.000 |
| Issue date | 01/06/1938 |
| Designer | Jean De Bast |
| Print technique | recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
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