Belgium: Block of Stamps

Position/color	Year	Theme	Set of	Features
Top Left	1971	50th Anv of discovery of Insulin (10F)	1V	Insulin
Left Bottom	1965	100th Anv of death of Leopold 1 (6F)	1V	Leopold 1
Center (Block)	1976	400th Birth Anv of Peter Paul Rubens (10f+5F)	5V	Painting
Top Left (Block)	1967	In Memorial of Robert Schuman (10F+5F)	3V	Coat of Arms

* Leopold I was a German prince who became the first King of the Belgians following the country's        independence in 1830.

* Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition.

* Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman  was a Luxembourg-born German-French statesman. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in building post-war European and trans-Atlantic institutions and was one of the founders of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO.

Total Postage used: 222 F

Posted on 10.04.2012

Arrived on 28.04.12

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