Stamp of Switzerland; 1918; definitive stamp of the issue 'Sitting Helvetia on mountaintop'; drawing of 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 Dietikon, 1925 Stamp: Michel: No. 141x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 166; AFA: No. 164 Color: slate olive to dark slaty grey with pale rose underpress on granite (fibrillated) paper (on coated paper = Michel No. 141z from 1933) Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses) Nominal value: 80 (Rappen, Centim
Stamp of Switzerland; 1918; definitive stamp of the issue 'Sitting Helvetia on mountaintop'; drawing of 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 Dietikon, 1925 Stamp: Michel: No. 141x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 166; AFA: No. 164 Color: slate olive to dark slaty grey with pale rose underpress on granite (fibrillated) paper (on coated paper = Michel No. 141z from 1933) Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses) Nominal value: 80 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from 1918 until 31 December 1942 Stamp picture size (printed area): x mm Postmark: Dietikon (Kanton Zürich), 16 December 1925 (Note: This stamp shows no engraver signature characters 'CL' under the pommel, but according to the catalogue these Characters would must to see. Beside of this, the plant left of the crossguard of the sword has only 2 leaves (a characteristic of the 1918 issue), so that it's assuming, that here the engraver characters are disappeared because of an unclear color press. The variant without 'CL' and 3 flower leaves as well as with coated paper is from 1933, but the postmark is from 1925 and it's fibrillated paper, so that this stamp is chategorized as Michel No. 141x from 1918.) . 1918 (first issue of the stamp) 16 December 1925 (date of postmark) 358 SUI 1918 MiNr0141x pm B002a
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