Title
Postage Stamp - Central African Republic - 2016
Type
Postage Stamp
Coverage
Central African Republic
Date Issued
2016-10-24
Description
This postage stamp was issued by the Central African Republic as part of a series to commemorate the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces his first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante orDante and Virgil in Hell). At the top of the stamp is a caption, "Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863 / Dante et Virgile aux enfers, 1822", the denomination, "900F", and "Postes 2016". At the bottom is the country name: "République Centrafricaine". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Denomination: 900F (900 XAF)
Perforation: 14 × 14
Printing process: Offset lithography
Extent
45 × 40 mm
Bibliographic Citation
Michel no. 6513
Contributor
Eugène Delacroix
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Language
French