Stamp of Switzerland; 1908; 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 Faulensee, 1910; 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. 103x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 120; AFA: No. 117 Color: ultramarine to violet ultramarine with pale blue underpress on granite (fibri
Stamp of Switzerland; 1908; 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 Faulensee, 1910; 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. 103x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 120; AFA: No. 117 Color: ultramarine to violet ultramarine with pale blue underpress on granite (fibrilled) paper Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses) Nominal value: 25 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from August 1908 until 31 December 1942 Stamp picture size (printed area): x mm Postmark: Faulensee (Kanton Bern); 24 June 1910 . August 1908 (first issue of the stamp) 24 June 1910 (date of postmark) 358 SUI 1908 MiNr0103x pm B002
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