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 Bernese Alps (the mountains 'Jungfrau' (right) and 'Mönch' (left) in the right background; stamp postmarked in Zürich, 1914; special charateristic: with the characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel No. 108x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 125; AFA: No. 122 Color: dark red brown with pale dark chrome yellow underpress on granite (fibrillated)
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 Bernese Alps (the mountains 'Jungfrau' (right) and 'Mönch' (left) in the right background; stamp postmarked in Zürich, 1914; special charateristic: with the characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel No. 108x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 125; AFA: No. 122 Color: dark red brown with pale dark chrome yellow underpress on granite (fibrillated) paper (on the backside recognizable) Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (miltiple Swiss crosses) Nominal value: 70 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from August 1908 until 31 December 1942 Stamp picture size (printed area): x mm Postmark: Zürich, 14 July 1914 . August 1908 (first issue of the stamp) 14 July 1914 (date of postmark) 358 SUI 1908 MiNr0108x pm B002a
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