The Nobel Stamps of 1999

The stamps are a joint issue with Belgium and were engraved by Czeslaw Slania and printed by combination print after originals by Joanna Rubin Dranger, who also designed the FDC and the cancellation.

 

The stamps portray Nobel Peace Prize Laureates:

AUGUSTE BEERNAERT
Auguste Beernaert (1829–1912) received the Peace Prize in 1909. He was a Lawyer, but he became a politician early on and was Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 1884–1894. He was also a member of the International Court of Justice in the Hauge.

HENRI LA FONTAINE
Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1913. He had also been a lawyer before he became a politician, and he was professor of international law i Brussels for a time. From 1907 until his death he was President of the International Peace Bureau. 1920–1921 La Fontaine was the Belgian representative in the League of Nations.

 

© 1999 SWEDEN POST STAMPS