Showing posts with label Kings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kings. Show all posts

King George VI, Canada postes, postage, 3 c, purple red, 1949, stamp

country: Canada postes postage
topic: King George VI
theme: Kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: purple red
year: 1949
Date of Issue: 15 November 1949
postal value: 4 c
designer: Photograph by Dorothy Wilding, Designed by Herman Herbert Schwartz
engraver: John Hay

Information:
King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 22 June 1948), the last King of Ireland (until 18 April 1949), and the first Head of the Commonwealth. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about King George VI on Wikipedia).

King George VI, Canada Postage (Postes), 5 cents, grey-blue, 1937, stamp

country: Canada Postage (Postes)
topic: King George VI
theme: Kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: grey-blue
year: 1937
publication dat: 10 May 1937
postal value: 5 cents
designer: Herman Herbert Schwartz (based on a photograph by Bertram Park)
engraver: Willian F. Ford

More from the same series:
King George VI, 3 cents, red, 1937
King George VI, 5 cents, grey-blue, 1937

Information:
The Portrait of His Majesty King George VI was from a photograph taken in 1936 by Bertram Park, London, England.

King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 22 June 1948), the last King of Ireland (until 18 April 1949), and the first Head of the Commonwealth. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about King George VI on Wikipedia).

King George VI, Canada Postage (Postes), 3 cents, red, 1937 stamp

country: Canada Postage (Postes)
topic: King George VI
theme: Kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: red
year: 1937
publication dat: 1 April 1937
postal value: 3 cents
designer: Herman Herbert Schwartz (based on a photograph by Bertram Park)
engraver: Willian F. Ford

More from the same series:
King George VI, 3 cents, red, 1937
King George VI, 5 cents, grey-blue, 1937

Information:
The Portrait of His Majesty King George VI was from a photograph taken in 1936 by Bertram Park, London, England.

King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 22 June 1948), the last King of Ireland (until 18 April 1949), and the first Head of the Commonwealth. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about King George VI on Wikipedia).

King Leopold II (Belgium) stamp, 10 c orange-red, Louis-Eugène Mouchon, 01/06/1893

country: Belgium (België / Belgique)
topic: King Leopold II in profile
theme: kings
sort stamp: postal stamp
color: orange-red
year: 1893
publication date: 01/01/1900
stamp value: 10 c
code: 57
perforation: 14
number of issues: 567.000.000
designer: Louis-Eugène Mouchon
engraving: Albert Doms
book printing: Stamp Printing Mechelen

values:
mint (unused): € 14,00 (2008)
mint (with hinge): € 3,25 (2008)
stamped: € 0,20 (2008)
on letter or document: € 5,00 (2008)

More in this series:
King Leopold II in profile, 10 c, red (pink)
King Leopold II in profile, 10 c, orange-red

Notes:
This stamp usually contains a Sunday strip. Stamps without a the Sunday strip has only value on a letter or document. Documents with seals which lacks the Sunday strip lose 50% of their value.

Information:
King Leopold II of Belgium. Leopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor (Brussels, April 9, 1835 - Laken, 17 December 1909) was Prince of Belgium, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Brabant from 1865-1909 and was King of the Belgians and it's colony Congo. (Source: Wikipedia, Read more about King Leopold II of Belgium on Wikipedia (Dutch))

Louis-Eugène Mouchon (Paris, August 30, 1843-March 3, 1914) was a French engraver, especially noted for its stamp designs. His most famous pieces are the famous French type MOUCHON designs from 1900 and its contribution to the subsequent La Semeuse (from 1902), but he was also asked in many European countries for his designs. He made portraits of the Belgian King Leopold II, the Portuguese kings Louis I, Carlos I and Queen Wilhelmina. (Source: Wikipedia, Read more about Louis-Eugène Mouchon on Wikipedia (Dutch))

King Leopold II (Belgium) stamp, 10 c red (pink), carmine, Louis-Eugène Mouchon, 01/01/1900

country: Belgium (België / Belgique)
topic: King Leopold II in profile
theme: kings
sort stamp: postal stamp
color: red (pink), carmine
year: 1900
publication date: 01/01/1900
stamp value: 10 c
code: 58 (58a carmine)
perforationg: 14
number of issues: 486.000.000
designer: Louis-Eugène Mouchon
engraving: Albert Doms
book printing: Stamp Printing Mechelen

values:
red (pink)
mint (unused): € 14,00 (2008)
mint (with hinge): € 2,75 (2008)
stamped: € 0,50 (2008)
on letter or document: € 7,50 (2008)

carmine
mint (unused): € 9,92 (2001)
mint (with hinge): € 3,97 (2001)
stamped: € 0,99 (2001)
on letter or document: € 6,82 (2001)

More in this series:
King Leopold II in profile, 10 c, red (pink)
King Leopold II in profile, 10 c, orange-red

Notes:
This stamp usually contains a Sunday strip. Stamps without a the Sunday strip has only value on a letter or document. Documents with seals which lacks the Sunday strip lose 50% of their value.

Information:
King Leopold II of Belgium. Leopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor (Brussels, April 9, 1835 - Laken, 17 December 1909) was Prince of Belgium, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Brabant from 1865-1909 and was King of the Belgians and it's colony Congo. (Source: Wikipedia, Read more about King Leopold II of Belgium on Wikipedia (Dutch))

Louis-Eugène Mouchon (Paris, August 30, 1843-March 3, 1914) was a French engraver, especially noted for its stamp designs. His most famous pieces are the famous French type MOUCHON designs from 1900 and its contribution to the subsequent La Semeuse (from 1902), but he was also asked in many European countries for his designs. He made portraits of the Belgian King Leopold II, the Portuguese kings Louis I, Carlos I and Queen Wilhelmina. (Source: Wikipedia, Read more about Louis-Eugène Mouchon on Wikipedia (Dutch))

King Willem III, The Netherlands (Nederland), first emission, orange, stamp,1852

country: The Netherlands (Nederland)
topic: King Willem III - 1e emission
theme: kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
engraving type: Pressure Plate
design: Hinbergh, V.J. en Kaiser, J.W.
color: orange
year: 1852
postal value: 15 c

The blue one with a postal value of 5 c was the first emission for stamps of the Netherlands.

comments:
watermark: Post Horn

values:
mint stamp: € 2.000,00
unused: € 300,00
grading: € 32,00

Information:
William III (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk) (19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death and the Duke of Limburg until the abolition of the Duchy in 1866. (source: Wikipedia, read more about King Willem III on Wikipedia)
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