Catalogue information

LastDodo number
282543
Area
Stamps
Title
King Leopold I
Face value
20
Country / area
Year
1858
Month
Day
Order Number in Issue
3
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Item subject
Michel number
8 I 8 II
Yvert number
11 11a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
10 14 14a
OBP-COB number
Printing office
Perforation
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 8 I (First plate (“small medallions"): oval 16-17 mm high and 14-15 mm large; thin satiny paper) or 8 II (Second plate ("big medaillons"): oval 17-17 mm high and 14-14 mm large; halfthick, thick and granular paper); Yvert & Tellier: 11 or 11a (round medallion); Stanley Gibbons: 10 (thin paper) or 14 (thin or thick paper) or 14a (quadrille paper); OBP: 11A or 11Aa (round medallion, machine-made paper) or 11 or 11a (oblong medallion on machine-made thin to normal paper) or 11B (thick paper).