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 1915; special charateristic: with the characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature, partially covered by color) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel: No. 107x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 124; AFA: No. 121 Color: green to dark green with pale yellowish light green underp
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 1915; special charateristic: with the characters 'CL' under the pommel (engraver signature, partially covered by color) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword Stamp: Michel: No. 107x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 124; AFA: No. 121 Color: green to dark green with pale yellowish light green underpress on granite (fibrillated) paper (on the backside recognizable) Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses) Nominal value 50 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from August 1908 until 31 December 1942 Stamp picture size (printed area): x mm . August 1908 (first issue of the stamp) 2 March 1915 (date of postmark) 358 SUI 1908 MiNr107x pm B002a
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