#602 Belgium...Thanks Alex!

#574 Belgium...Thanks Freddy!

#424 Belgium...Thanks Lucas!

The stamp on the top was issued on Apr.15,2010 celebrating 50th birthday of Prince Philippe,who is the eldest son and heir apparent of Albert II, King of the Belgians and Queen Paola.

The stamp below is from the 2010 issue of Literature: European Writers in Brussels in the 19th century showing Charlotte & Emily Brontë.

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.

Emily Jane Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet, now best remembered for her novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Emily was the second eldest of the three surviving Brontë sisters, between Charlotte and Anne. She published under the androgynous pen name Ellis Bell.

In 1842 Charlotte and Emily travelled to Brussels to enroll in a boarding school run by Constantin Heger (1809 – 1896) and his wife Claire Zoé Parent Heger (1814 – 1891). In return for board and tuition, Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music. Their time at the boarding school was cut short when their aunt died of internal obstruction in October 1842. Charlotte returned alone to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the boarding school. Her second stay at the boarding school was not a happy one; she became lonely, homesick and deeply attached to Constantin Heger. She finally returned to Haworth in January 1844 and later used her time at the boarding school as the inspiration for some of The Professor and Villette.

#355 Belgium...Thanks Thomas!

These 3 stamps are from 1993 Antwerp,Cultural City of Europe issue.

The left 15fr stamp shows Angels on stained glass windows in Mater Dei Chapel of Institut Marie Josee,by Eugeen Yoors.

The middle 15fr stamp displays Woman's head and Warrior's Torso,by Jacob Jordaens.

The right 15fr stamp shows St.Job's Altar in Schoonbroek.

#341 Belgium...Thanks Henri!

This FDC was issued in May,2010 commemorating 175 years of Belgian Railways.On May 5, 1835 the first railway in continental Europe opened between Brussels-Groendreef/Allée verte and Mechelen.

The stamp in the middle is from 2010 Stamps Feast self-adhesive booklet.

The 4.50fr stamp was issued in 1975 celebrating 30th Anniv. of Liberation of Concentration Camps with the "B" denoted political prisoners and "KG" prisoner of war.

#296 Belgium...Thanks Thomas!

These 6 semi-postal stamps on the top were issued in 1964 for anti-tuberculosis work showing paintings:

50c+10c:Child of Charles I,by Van Dyck.

1fr+40c:William of Orange with his bride,by Van Dyck.

2fr+1fr:Portrait of a small boy with dogs by Erusmus Quellin and Jan Fyt.

3fr+1fr:Alexander Farnese by Antonio Moro.

4fr+2fr:William II,Prince of Orange by Van Dyck.

6fr+3fr:Artist's children by Cornelis De Vos.

Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of King Charles I of England and Scotland and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects, displayed outstanding facility as a draftsman, and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching.

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This FDC was issued in 2009 for the Belgian Red Cross with the theme Water.

The stamp on the left is from 2009 World Heritage issue showing Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic style. The choir, rebuilt in the 13th century, is in the pure Gothic style.

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The four stamps are from Birds definitive series depicting Nutcracker (0.15c, Corvidae);Dunnock (0.10c Prunellidae) and Long-eared Owl (0.40c,Strigidae).

#160 Belgium...Thanks Jennifer!

This FDC was issued in 2007 with the theme "Mourning".

The stamp on the left is from 2009 World Heritage issue showing Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons).

The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes, covering more than 100 ha, are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe. They are also remarkable for the diversity of technological solutions used for extraction and for the fact that they are directly linked to a settlement of the same period.

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This playful mini-sheet was issued in 2009 celebrating 20 Years of Belgian Comic Strip Center.

In a masterpiece of Art Nouveau designed by Victor Horta (1906),the Belgian Comic Strip Center brings together everything related to the comic strip,from its prestigious beginnings to its most recent developments, on more than 4,000 square metres of museum floors.

One of the major tourist attractions of Brussels, the Center was inaugurated by HM the King and HM the Queen on 3 October 1989.It welcomes more than 200,000 visitors each year.