6,50 Francs 1977 - Gileppe Dam


6,50 Francs 1977 - Gileppe Dam
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : The Gileppe Dam (French Barrage de la Gileppe) is an arch-gravity dam on the Gileppe river in Jalhay, Liège province, Wallonia, Belgium. It was built in the 1870s to supply water for the wool industry in nearby Verviers. The monumental structure with its unusually thick profile played an important role in establishing an international standard for masonry gravity dams as a technology for major water supply systems. It was considered one of the strongest dams in Europe at the time, and it was the first dam built in modern Belgium. In the first decade of the 21st century, it was noted as supplying most of the drinking water for Verviers, as well as industrial water, and as producing hydroelectricity.
Face value 6,50 Francs
Catalog code (Michel) BE 1905
Catalog code (Scott) BE 985
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier BE 1848 Stanley Gibbons BE 2490 AFA number BE 1912 Belgium BE 1853 Unificato BE 1848
Series Europa Monuments
Place in series 1
Stamp colour multicolour
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 10.000.000
Issue date 07/05/1977
Designer Herman Verbaere / J. Malvaux
Print technique photogravure
Perforation 11 1/2
Height 28.00 mm
Width 39.00 mm
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