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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. Something is always wrong with those he meets, and he cannot be certain they are real princesses. One stormy night (always a harbinger of either a life-threatening situation or the opportunity for a romantic alliance in Andersen's stories),[1] a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected guest by placing a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds. In the morning the guest tells her hosts—in a speech colored with double entendres—that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed; which she is certain has bruised her. The prince rejoices. Only a real princess would have the sensitivity to feel a pea through such a quantity of bedding. The two are married, and the pea is placed in the Royal Museum. |
| Face value | 0,50 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3497 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE 2112a Yvert et Tellier BE 3434 Stanley Gibbons BE 3944 AFA number BE 3507 Belgium BE 3449 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE099.05 Unificato BE 3441 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Issue date | 08/10/2005 |
| Designer | Frédéric Thiry |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 27.00 mm |
| Width | 40.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
