File:LUX 1893 MiNr0058 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; 1893; definitive stamp of the issue "Grand Duke Adolphe"; portrait of the Grand Duke Adolphe I of Luxembourg wearing military uniform in standing oval with ornamented frame; stamp postmarked in 1895
Stamp: Michel: No. 58; Yvert et Tellier: No. 60; AFA: No. 66; Scott: No. 61
Color: black green to greenish dark grey
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 12½ Centimes
Postage validity:

from 20 February 1893 until ?
from 1 April 1893 until ? (other source)
Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.0 x 22.0 mm
Date

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1895 (postmark)
Source scan of original
Author "P&T Luxembourg S.A. / Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications du Luxembourg"
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Picture description Frontal portrait of Adolph Wilhelm Carl August Friedrich von Nassau-Weilburg (1817-1905), as Adolphe I Grand Duke of Luxemburg (reign 1890-1905) in military uniform in standing oval cartouche with ornamented frame



Grand Duke Adolphe I of Luxemburg
First day of issue
Publisher "P&T Luxembourg S.A. / Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications du Luxembourg"
Design Michel Engels (1851-1901)
Printer "Imprimerie de la Cour Victor Buck S.a.r.l.", Luxembourg (probably)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½
MICHEL Nr. Luxemburg, Nr. 58
SCOTT Nr. Luxembourg, No. 61

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