Luxembourg Stamps 1963-1964 by Gary Little

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Luxembourg City

Millennium

Date of Issue: April 13, 1963

The City of Luxembourg was founded in the year 963 when Count Sigefroid acquired from the St. Maximin Abbey of Trier a small fortified observation tower called "Castellum Lucilinburhuc", located on the rocky outcrop of the Bock. Each stamp in this set represents a building or object from a different century of the millennium:

10th century	Castle "Lucilinburhuc" on the Bock (963)
11th century	Gate of Three Towers, part of the second wall of the city (1050)
12th century	Benedictine Abbey of Münster
13th century	Great Seal of Luxembourg (1244)
14th century	Towers on the Rham plateau
15th century	Black Virgin in St. Jean's Church, Grund
16th century	Grand Ducal Palace (the former City Hall) (1573)
17th century	Citadel of the Holy Ghost
18th century	Castle Bridge (1736)
19th century	City Hall (1838), designed by architect Justin Remont of Liège
20th century	New building projects for the millennium -- Municipal Theater, European Community Center, and Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge (1963)

European Schools

10th Anniversary

Date of Issue: April 13, 1963

The European Schools are located in Luxembourg, Brussels, Varese, Mol, and Karlsruhe.

International Red Cross

Centenary

Date of Issue: May 8, 1963

Shown on this stamp is the château of Colpach, willed to the Red Cross by the widow of steel magnate Émile Mayrisch in 1946. It has been used as a convalescence home since 1948.

European Convention of Human Rights

10th Anniversary

Date of Issue: June 25, 1963

Europa 1963

Date of Issue: September 16, 1963

World Fly-Fishing Championships

Date of Issue: September 16, 1963

The World Fly-Fishing Championships took place in Wormeldange on September 22, 1963.

Telephone Automation

Date of Issue: September 16, 1963

Emblems of Tradesmen's Groups

Date of Issue: December 2, 1963

These stamps show the emblems and patron saints of various tradesmen's groups in Luxembourg City:

St. Roch	patron of bakers
St. Anne	patroness of tailors
St. Eloi	patron of blacksmiths
St. Michel	patron of shopkeepers
St. Barthelemy	patron of butchers
St. Thibaut	patron of the 7 main building trades (masons, carpenters, woodworkers, potters, roofers, glaziers, and lathe operators)

Vianden Hydroelectric Works

Date of Issue: April 17, 1964

This project, begun in 1959, was completed in June 1964. It provides inexpensive power not only to Luxembourg but to the neighboring countries of Belgium, France, and Germany.

Moselle River Canal System

Date of Issue: May 26, 1964

This canal system, allowing commercial ship traffic along the Moselle River to the Rhine, was inaugurated on May 26, 1964 in the presence of Grand Duchess Charlotte, President Charles de Gaulle of France, and Heinrich Lübke of Germany. The principal port is located at Mertert.

Europa 1964

Flower

Date of Issue: September 14, 1964

New Atheneum Educational Center

Date of Issue: September 14, 1964

Benelux

20th Anniversary

Date of Issue: October 12, 1964

This stamp commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Benelux customs union. Pictured on the stamp are Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, King Baudouin of Belgium, and Queen Juliana of The Netherlands.

This was a joint issue with Belgium and The Netherlands.

Accession of Grand Duke Jean

Date of Issue: November 11, 1964

Grand Duke Jean (Benoît - Guillaume - Marie - Robert - Louis - Antoine - Adolphe - Marc d'Aviano) assumed the throne on November 12, 1964 when his mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, abdicated in his favor. He was born on January 5, 1921 in Berg castle.

Pictured on these stamps are Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. They were married in 1953 and have five children.

Luxembourg Scenic Views

Children's Paintings

Date of Issue: December 7, 1964

The three paintings on these stamps depict the Gate of Three Towers, Adolphe Bridge, and the Alzette River flowing through the Grund.