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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Carolus Petrus Eduardus Maria "Karel" van de Woestijne ( Ghent, 10 March 1878 - Zwijnaarde, 24 August 1929) was a Flemish writer and brother of the painter Gustave van de Woestijne. He went to highschool at the Koninklijk Athenaeum (E:Royal Athenaeum) at the Ottogracht in Ghent. He also studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent, where he came into contact with French symbolism. He lived at Sint-Martens-Latem from April 1900 up to January 1904, and from April 1905 up to November 1906. Here he wrote Laetemsche brieven over de lente, for his friend Adolf Herckenrath (1901). In 1907 he moved to Brussels, and in 1915 he moved to Pamel, where he wrote De leemen torens together with Herman Teirlinck. Karel van de Woestijne lived in this house in Brussels From 1906 he was correspondent of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant in Brussels. Between 1920 and 1929 he taught history of Dutch literature at the University of Ghent. He was editor of successively the illustrated magazines of Van Nu en Straks (second range, 1896-1901) and Vlaanderen (1903-1907). Of the illustrated magazine Vlaanderen he became secretary of the redaction in 1906. From 1925 until his death in 1929, he lived in Zwijnaarde, nearby Ghent. |
| Face value | 8 + 4 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1947 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE B968 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 1890 Stanley Gibbons BE 2531 AFA number BE 1954 Belgium BE 1895 Unificato BE 1890 |
| Series | Culture |
| Place in series | 3 |
| Stamp colour | black on white |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 855.422 |
| Issue date | 17/06/1978 |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
