Belgium: The 20th century in 80 postage stamps

Knowledge important

Knowledge is of paramount importance to today's society. The concept of knowledge society has taken hold completely. The third part of the now famous postage stamp series about the 20th century is dominated by the great leap forward made by knowledge in the past hundred years. Pioneering scientists and revolutionary achievements in the field of exact and human sciences and of technique are dealt with. Of each specialty the core of the innovation is rendered in a quite original way.

Examples on stamps

A few examples: Ovide Decroly broke the tight straitjacket of the prevailing educational methods. Sigmund Freud discovered the importance of the subconscious. Ilya Prigogine demonstrated the movement of time in physics and Pierre and Marie Curie made important discoveries in the field of radioactivity.

Stamps not available separately

All these characters and sciences together form the great lighting head of modern man. Each discipline is an indispensable cog of it.
The famous graphic artist Gerard Alsteens (GAL) really pulled off a dashing exploit with this new leaflet.
The stamps of this sheet are not available separately.

Stamps in detail

Denomination: Each stamp 17fr.
Size: 27.66 x 20.20mm (stamps), 166 x 200mm (sheet).

More information

Stamps of Belgium
Postage Stamps 2001