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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. (Dutch: Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai; January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy (also known as Hansen's disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of Molokaʻi in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. |
| Face value | 1,75 + 18 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 762 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE B419 Yvert et Tellier BE 730 Stanley Gibbons BE 1181 AFA number BE 774 Belgium BE 730 Unificato BE 730 |
| Stamp colour | brown carmine |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 411.088 |
| Issue date | 30/07/1946 |
| Designer | Anto Carte |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
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