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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Sint-Martens-Latem (near Ghent), November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic, which marks the beginning of the modern plastics industry.[ |
| Face value | 2 Francs + 50 Centimes |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1025 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE B576 Yvert et Tellier BE 976 Stanley Gibbons BE 1564 AFA number BE 1042 Belgium BE 976 Unificato BE 976 |
| Stamp colour | carmine red |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 215.454 |
| Issue date | 10/09/1955 |
| Designer | Jean Van Noten |
| 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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