BEL 1963 MiNr1336 mt B002, Peter Paul Rubens

Stamp of belgium; 1963; commemorative surcharge stamp of the issue "the struggle against tuberculosis"; stamp motive with the drawing by peter paul rubens (1577-1640) of his son albrecht (albert) rubens (1614-1657). Albrecht rubens was the oldest son of peter paul rubens and isabella brant. The name "albrecht" got he in honor of his godfather, the archduke albrecht vii from austria (1598-1621). The chalk drawing was created in 1618 in the style of the flemish baroque, however the actual location of this drawing is unknown.;mint stamp note: the depicted patriarchal cross is not only the symbol for the "france libre" during the wwii and for the republic of elsass-lothringia after the wwi (among others), but on this stamp shall it commemorate the awarding of the nobel peace prize in 1963 to the international committee of the red cross (ikrk) together with the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies (after these both was awarded with this prize already in 1901, 1917, and 1944) for their struggle against tuberculosis. The patriarchal cross goes back probably to the byzantine empire, where it was widespread already in the 10th century as symbol for the resurrection of jesus christ. Later, probably with the struggle against the european pest pandemy in 1347-1351, it got the symbol of the dominican order (which were very engaged in the care of the invalids). Later also the jesuits took over the double cross as their symbol and later away it got also to a general symbol for the catholic archiepiscopal metropolitan power as such. After the fundation of the red cross in 1863 and the definition of their aims, the double cross got also to the symbol of the struggle against natural catastrophes and diseases in general, after the wwi mainly for the struggle against tuberculosis and other lung diseases of bacterial and virulent origins. (for instance the "spanish influenza"). Stamp: michel: no. 1336; yvert & tellier: no. 1276; scott: b751; afa: no. 1356 color: multicolored nominal value: 4. 00 (francs) (3. 00 francs + 1 franc = 1 franc as surcharge for the struggle against tuberculosis of the dkrk and ifrkrc) postage validity: from 7 december 1963 until ? stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 24. 5 x 35. 5. Date: 7 December 1963 (first issue day of the stamp).