Stamps Belgium

Youth Philately

On 29 January 2007 a stamp was released on the theme Youth Philately in Belgium. The postage stamp features comic figure Alix, which was created by the French artist Jacques Martin in 1948.
Youth Philately

Belgian Modigliani postage stamp

This year the Promotion of Philately of the Belgian post brings you a foreign masterpiece from a Belgian art collection. The latest in this series is the painting Seated Nude by Amedeo Modigliani, which is on show at the Art Museum in Antwerp.
Amedeo Modigliani

Accordions

The Belgian postal service issued a series of postage stamps on the theme accordion. The stamps were designed by MVTM. The designers included a Renoir painting in the design of the sheetlet.
Accordions

Lighthouses

Beacons have been guiding seamen along the coast since ancient times. The famous Pharos of Alexandria (280 BC) is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the word is still used in English as a synonym for lighthouse.
Lighthouses

Art in Belgium

Two less well known but noteworthy masters of the visual arts from Belgium are remembered this year with exhibitions in their birthplaces. The Belgium Post honors both artists with two postage stamps in an impressive design by Ingrid Doenen.
Art in Belgium

175 years of democracy

To celebrate 175 years of democracy the Belgian post issued a miniature sheet with five stamps on 20 February 2006.
Democracy in Belgium

Crossbow

Originally from China, the crossbow was introduced into Europe at the time of the crusades. The crossbow very quickly became a valued defensive weapon for the towns thanks to its power and precision.
Crossbow

Special stamp for Mozart

The most extraordinary phenomenon in the history of European art was born in Salzburg in 1756. In scarcely 35 years Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart managed to compose an oeuvre encompassing around 700 works whose breadth and quality is unequalled in the Western music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composers of the Renaissance

Myriam Voz and Thierry Martin designed the nice Belgium booklet Composers of the Renaissance. The booklet contains five stamps depicting important composers of the early days of Western music.
Composers of the Renaissance

Jean De Bast

Jacques Stes, fellow of the Académie de Philatélie de Belgique, relates the life of one of the world's greatest postage stamp engravers, Jean De Bast.
Jean De Bast

Queen Astrid

If any queen has ever earned legendary - even mythological - status, then surely it has to be Queen Astrid. Yet the fourth Queen of the Belgians reigned for only two summers.
Queen Astrid

Korea

The participation of Belgium in the Korean War has largely been forgotten, but it's a tale worth telling. On 25 June 1950, the northern Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, attacking its fellow countrymen in the south.
Korea

War and peace

Sixty years ago with the end of the Second World War came the euphoria of victory. A victory wonderfully captured in a photo published by the newspaper Le Soir on 10 May 1945. The concentration camps and prisons were also liberated.
War and peace

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