BELGIUM

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE - BELGIË.

The struggle against Tuberculosis. Cities and landscapes.
Rock Bayard near Dinant beside the river De Maas.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 02.12.1929.
Face value: 25 + 15 cents of Belgian franc.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 549,449 copies.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 276.
- COB No. 294.
- Michel No. 271.
- Scott No. B94.
- StampWorld No. 276.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 553.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 294.

Dinant is a French-speaking city of about 13,600 inhabitants in the province of Namur (Wallonia), in the Upper Meuse valley. Its settlement has prehistoric origins, and was inhabited by Celts and colonized by Roman troops in 52 BC. It was severely punished by the German army during the First World War and, again, in the Second World War, when it was bombed and partially set on fire.

The Rock Bayard (Rocher Bayard) is a curious 40 m (131.2 ft) tall rocky spire that, according to legend, was formed by a kick from the legendary horse Bayard while fleeing Charlemagne.

The river Meuse (in Dutch, Maas; in wallon, Moûse) is 925 km (575 mi) long. It crosses territories of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It forms at an altitude of 409 m (1,342 ft) in the French department of Haute-Marne and empties into the North Sea, in the South Holland.