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 category:bernese alps (the mountains "jungfrau" (right) and "mönch" (left) in the right background; stamp postmarked in boncourt, 1916; special charateristic: characters "cl" under the pommel (engraver signature) and 2 flower leaves left of the crossguard of the sword
stamp: michel: no. 104x; yvert et tellier: no. 121; afa: no. 118
color: dark orange brown on pale light green underpress on granite paper (fibrillated paper)
watermark: switzerland no. 2 (multiple swiss crosses without oval)
nominal value: 30 (rappen, centimes)
postage validity: from august 1908 until 31 december 1942
stamp picture size (printed area): 17. 5 x 21. 0 mm
postmark: boncourt (kanton jura). Date: August 1908 (first issue of the stamp); 28 November 1916 (date of postmark).
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