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SPECIALS

Dendermonde with inverted center

This is probably not the rarest stamp of Belgium but well the stamp with the highest catalogue value : catalogue number Yvert & Tellier 182a, 65c. , claret and black. Only 17 copies known : 15 mint and 2 cancelled.

We have now 14 mint and 2 cancelled in picture and with description. The 15^th mint copy is with plate number 3 on base margin of sheet. We would appreciate very much if the owner of that stamp could provide a copy of it and also the story about how he got it. Of course this information will be treated confidentially if required.

We came to a deadlock after finding the only following information : " Sold in 1924 in Brussels in hotel Scheers in a public auction organised by P. De Kloboukoff. In the description was mentioned - due to a delay it was impossible to make a picture of this stamp –"

Any information is welcome on my e-mail (rverpoort@belmophil.org) on this site. Many thanks in advance :

MARGINS OF SHEET IMPRINTS

Margins of sheet Imprints

We are looking for documentation and stamps with all kind of inscriptions from the printing-machine in margin of sheet :

Type Poortman please contact louis.vanderschrick@belgroma.be

Type Lion, Marchand, Velghe and Buzin please contact emesdagh@belmophil.org

Type Elström and MVTM please contact rverpoort@belmophil.org

ACADEMY

Belgian Philatelic Academy
Registered Office :
Rue Longtin n° 44 à 1090 Bruxelles
Longtinstraat nr 44 te 1090 Brussel

Current Board of Directors
President: Claude Delbeke
Vice-President: Emile Van den Panhuyzen
Vice-President and Librarian: Leo De Clercq
Secretary General: Roger Verpoort
Assistant Secretary General:
Treasurer: Patrick Masselis
Consultants: André Decré, Jean Oth, Charly Bruart

STUDY CONCERNING PRINTED DOTS OF THE TYPE MARCHAND
(May 26, 2002)

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Introduction
The type Marchand is the first stamp in its kind printed with both Wifag printing-machines.
Printed in heliogravure on paperrolls in advance supplied with gum. Late Raymond Huberty made a first inventory concerning the different characteristics of the different plate numbers. Later on, Eric Mesdagh fixed the position and ordered properly the dots so that his conclusion was that each used cilinder had its own dots characteristics. Since 1995 Gaston Wuyts ordered the different used cilinders per value.

Appointed characteristics for ordening the printing cylinders
- The plate number
- The varieties in the stamps, the parts of sheets and sheets.
- The even and odd dates.
- The used printing-machines Wifag 1 and 2
- The measure of the date and the distance between the date and the sheet number.

The first Wifag machine started working in 1951 and printed numbered sheets without a date. Later on, using also the second Wifag, all sheets got a printing date.
To be able to continue the study concerning the dots we are now trying to make a national inventory of all known parts and whole sheets.
We will be very grateful to all collectors who will be so kind to provide what they posses to the two pilots of this study : Eric Mesdagh and Gaston Wuyts.

Co-operators are
EM: Eric Mesdagh, Hoogstraat, 77, 9620 Zottegem-T:09/360.03.41 Mail:e.mesdagh@skynet.be
GW: Gaston Wuyts, Isschotweg, 206, 2222 Heist op den Berg
AP: Alain Pierret, Elsakkerweg, 1d, 9830 Sint martens Latem Mail: alain.pierret@belgacom.net
PL: Pascal Lieckens Mail: pascal.lieckens@pandora.be

Legend
- 1/1: full sheet
- 1/2 1/2: 1/2 sheet with date and sheet number.
- D/V: part of sheet with plate number and date, without sheet number.
- 1,2,3,4: plate numbers
- 5 III 65: printing date
- 48479: sheet number.


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