... First of two great Belgian postcards... a nice flag view of my own country... a little trivia😉... the flags are flown above the castles and palaces at the time the King is in Belgium... the flags are not flown when the king is on trip to another country or on holiday outside of Belgium... with the first newly released stamps of 2022 and great special postmark👍... clouds in all shapes and shades, featuring paintings by the artist Jan de Maesschalck... Thanks a lot Johan!【ツ】
The national flag of Belgium (Dutch: Vlag van België, French: Drapeau belge, German: Flagge Belgiens) is a tricolour consisting of three equal vertical bands displaying the national colours of Belgium: black, yellow, and red.
The colours were taken from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France. It has the unusual proportions of 13:15.
In 1830 the flag, at that time non-officially, consisted of three horizontal bands, with the colors red, yellow and black. On January 23, 1831, the National Congress enshrined the tricolor in the Constitution, but did not determine the direction and order of the color bands. As a result, the "official" flag was given vertical stripes with the colors black, yellow and red.
Wonderful Clouds
(Issued 24-01-2022)
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