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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | The Afsluitdijk is a major causeway in the Netherlands, constructed between 1927 and 1933 and running from Den Oever on Wieringen in North Holland province, to the village of Zurich in Friesland province, over a length of 32 kilometres (20 mi) and a width of 90 m, at an initial height of 7.25 m above sea-level. It is a fundamental part of the larger Zuiderzee Works, damming off the Zuiderzee, a salt water inlet of the North Sea, and turning it into the fresh water lake of the IJsselmeer. |
| Face value | 39 Euro Cent |
| Catalog code (Michel) | NL 2089 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | NL 1143d |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier NL 2013 Stanley Gibbons NL 2298 NVPH NL 2155 |
| Stamp colour | silver |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Print run | 800.000 |
| Issue date | 01/02/2003 |
| Designer | Reynoud Homan |
| Paper type | one phosphor band |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Printed by | House of Questa |
| Perforation | comb 14ΒΌ |
| Height | 37.00 mm |
| Width | 26.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
