Stamp of Switzerland; 1908; definitive stamp of the issue 'Sitting Helvetia on mountaintop'; drawing with the sitting Helvetia with a sword in the right hand on a mountain top of the Category:Bernese Alps (the mountains 'Jungfrau' (right) and 'Mönch' (left) in the right background; stamp postmarked in Boncourt, 1916; special charateristic: characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel: No. 104x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 121; AFA: No. 118 Color: dark orange brown on pale light green underpress on granite paper (fibrillat
Stamp of Switzerland; 1908; definitive stamp of the issue 'Sitting Helvetia on mountaintop'; drawing with the sitting Helvetia with a sword in the right hand on a mountain top of the Category:Bernese Alps (the mountains 'Jungfrau' (right) and 'Mönch' (left) in the right background; stamp postmarked in Boncourt, 1916; special charateristic: characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel: No. 104x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 121; AFA: No. 118 Color: dark orange brown on pale light green underpress on granite paper (fibrillated paper) Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses without oval) Nominal value: 30 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from August 1908 until 31 December 1942 Stamp picture size (printed area): x mm Postmark: Boncourt (Kanton Jura), 28 November 1916 . August 1908 (first issue of the stamp) 28 November 1916 (date of postmark) 358 SUI 1908 MiNr0104x pm B002
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