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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 | 80 Cent |
| Catalog code (Michel) | NL 1740 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | NL 1040a |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier NL 1713 Stanley Gibbons NL 1966 AFA number NL 1738 NVPH NL 1842 Unificato NL 1710 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Issue date | 25/10/1999 |
| Designer | Hans Bockting / Will De l'Ecluse |
| Paper type | phosphorescent paper with large phosporescent number "4" |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Joh. Enschedé |
| Perforation | comb 13¼ x 12¾ |
| Height | 26.00 mm |
| Width | 367.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
