File:SUI 1882 MiNr0060 pm B002a.jpg

DescriptionSUI 1882 MiNr0060 pm B002a.jpg	Stamp of Switzerland; 1882; definitive stamp of the issue "Standing Helvetia"; drawing of the standing Helvetia in oval with background formed by horizontal and vertical lines (to the differences to other varieties of this stamp see below); stamp postmarked in Geneva, 1896 Stamp: Michel: No. 60; Yvert et Tellier: No. 74; AFA: No. 74 Color: orange brown to brown on normal white paper Watermark: Switzerland No. 1 - type 1 ("cross-on-oval" - type 1 = "Kontrolldruck 1") Nominal value: 30 (Rappen, Centimes) Postage validity: from 1 April 1882 until 31 December 1924 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1882-04-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1924-12-31T00:00:00Z/11 Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.0 x 21.0 mm Postmark: Genève, April 1896
Date	1 April 1882 (first issue day of the stamp) April 1896 (postmark)
Source	scan of original
Author	"Schweizerische Bundespost"
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Other versions	Other scans, varieties, and derived works to this stamp To the Watermark "Switzerland No. 1"

Note: To this stamp ("Standing Helvetia - 30 Rappen - orange brown") are distinguished in the philaletic literature four different types:

a) 1882; Watermark: Switzerland No. 1 ("cross-in-oval type 1"); perforation: K 11¾ : 11, recess printing;

background of Helvetia with vertical and horizontal lines, normal white paper (Michel No. 60)

(This variant with the perforation K 11¾ : 11 (how it's showed above) is pretty rare and not often showed (not to mention to become), although both in Michel and Yvert & Tellier catalogues as soon as in AFA or also in the Swiss Zumstein catalogue is listed this stamp. However, this perforation in combination with the watermark No. 1 - type 1 (= "Kontrolldruck 1") is a distinctive characteristic of the first print series from 1882 (but only at the 30-Rappen-stamp of this issue, not at the other values).)

b) 1891; Watermark Switzerland No. 1 ("cross-in-oval type 2"); perforation: K 11½ : 11; recess printing;

background of Helvetia with vertical and horizontal lines; normal white paper (Michel No. 60XC)

c) 1905; Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses); perforation: K 11½ : 12; recess printing;

background of Helvetia with vertical and horizontal lines; normal white paper (Michel No. 76C)

d) 1907; Watermark Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses without oval); perforation: different; recess printing;

background of Helvetia with vertical and horizontal lines; but print on granite paper (fibrilled paper) (Michel No. 90)