G. C. van Balen Blanken
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About G. C. van Balen Blanken
Lived 1914 – 1984 (aged 69). G. C. van Balen Blanken was a Dutch.
l.t.r. Bert Burrman, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, van Balen Blanken.
Dr. G. C. van Balen Blanken (10 September 1914 – 29 February 1984) was a philatelist who in 1975, with photographer Bert Buurman, was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his multi-volume work on the plating of the 1852 Netherlands 5 and 10 cent values (Amsterdam 1968–77). The work was composed of seventeen volumes each of which was 80 to 100 pages long and very copiously illustrated. It took nearly a decade to publish.
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G. C. van Balen Blanken was born on 10 September 1914.
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G. C. van Balen Blanken died on 29 February 1984.
What nationality was G. C. van Balen Blanken?
G. C. van Balen Blanken was Dutch.
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