Stamp of guadeloupe (french colony); 1905; definitive stamp of the issue "harbour at basse-terre - first design"; stamp drawing with the harbour of basse-terre (capital of guadeloupe) and the volcano "la soufriere" in background and vanilla vines and vanilla beans (of the plant "vanilla planifolia") as frame decoration; mint stamp
note: this stamp is the world first orchid stamp. Stamp: michel: no. 52; yvert et tellier: no. 55; scott: no. 54
color: black on light azure paper
watermark: none
nominal value: 1 c (centime)
postage validity: from 1905 until ?
stamp picture size (printed area): 34. 5 x 20. 0 mm. Date: 1905 (first issue of the stamp).
