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): 17. 5 x 21. 0 mm. Date: August 1908 (first issue of the stamp); 2 March 1915 (date of postmark).
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