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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Philip I[1] (22 July 1478 – 25 September 1506), known as Philip the Handsome or the Fair, was the first member of the house of Habsburg to be King of Castile. The son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands (as Philip IV) from his mother, Mary of Burgundy, and briefly succeeded to the Crown of Castile as the husband of Queen Joanna of Castile, who was also heiress-presumptive to the Crown of Aragon. He was the first Habsburg monarch in Spain. He never inherited his father's territories, nor became Holy Roman Emperor, because he predeceased his father, but his son Emperor Charles V eventually united the Habsburg, Burgundian, Castilian, and Aragonese inheritances. |
| Face value | 2,50 + 1 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 1158 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE B650 Yvert et Tellier BE 1105 Stanley Gibbons BE 1692 AFA number BE 1175 Belgium BE 1105 Unificato BE 1105 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Semi Postal stamp |
| Print run | 314.808 |
| Issue date | 04/07/1959 |
| Designer | Jean De Bast |
| Print technique | recess |
| Printed by | Zegeldrukkerij Mechelen |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 48.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
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