Belgian Stamps
1939
Michel 498
'75th Anniv of International Red Cross Society'
Issued 1st Apr 1939 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Belgian Red Cross. This stamp is perf 11½. The stamp features Florence Nightingale (1820-1910).
Florence Nightingale was a British nurse, statistician, founder of modern western nursing and an influential reformer in the medical and health care sector in Great Britain and British India. The mathematically talented Nightingale is also considered a pioneer in the visual illustration of relationships in statistics. Nightingale was of the opinion that there should be independent nursing knowledge in addition to medical knowledge, and also advocated this in her nursing writings, which are considered the founding writings of nursing theory.
During the Crimean War (1853–1856) she headed a group of nurses who tended wounded British soldiers in the military hospital in Scutari, Turkey (today's Istanbul district of Üsküdar). Since she visited patients with a lamp in her hand on her check-ups at night, Nightingale went into British folklore as Lady with the Lamp.
Mi 498
30c + 5c
red
Front
30c + 5c
red
Front
Mi 498
30c + 5c
red
Reverse
30c + 5c
red
Reverse
Quantity Issued: 708,615
Valid Until: 30th Sep 1940
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Mi 498
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Mi 498
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Mi 498
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Mi 498
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Reverse