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; special characteristic: with the characters "cl" (engraver signature) under the pommel, although the "l" is covered with color, 2 plant leaves left of the crossguard of the sword)
stamp: michel: no. 140x; yvert et tellier: no. 165; afa: no. 163
color: brown orange with pale orange yellow underpress on granite (fibrillated) paper (on coated paper = michel no. 140z from 1933)
watermark: switzerland: no. 2 (multiple swiss crosses)
nominal value: 60 (rappen, centimes)
postage validity: from november 1918 until 31 december 1942
stamp picture size (printed area): 17. 5 x 21. 0 mm. Date: November 1918 (first issue of the stamp).
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