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, 1920; special charateristic: no characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature) and 3 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel: No. 101x; AFA: No. 120a Color: dark purple violet with pale chrome yellow underpress on granite paper (fibrilled paper) Watermark: Switzerlan
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, 1920; special charateristic: no characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature) and 3 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel: No. 101x; AFA: No. 120a Color: dark purple violet with pale chrome yellow underpress on granite paper (fibrilled paper) Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses) Nominal valaue: 40 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from August 1908 until 31 December 1942 Stamp picture size (printed area): x mm Postmark: Zürich, 6 May 1920 . August 1908 (first issue of the stamp) 6 May 1920 (date of postmark) 358 SUI 1908 MiNr0101x pm B002a
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