File:SUI 1908 MiNr107x pm B002a.jpg

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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
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1908-08-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1942-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 17.5 x 21.0 mm
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Author "Schweizerische Bundespost"
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Picture description Drawing with the sitting Helvetia with a sword in the right hand on a mountain top of the Bernese Alps (in the right background: the mountains "Jungfrau" (right) and "Mönch" (left); in the valley before the river "Lütschine" (on the stamp: "Weisslütschine" (right) and "Schwarzlütschine" (left) in the upper reaches; "Lütschine" as lower reaches)
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A map of a part of the Bernese Alps from 1905




The both mointains "Mönch" (center, 4,107 m NN) and "Jungfrau" (right, 4,158 m NN) in 2004
First day of issue
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design Charles L'Éplattenier (1874-1946)
Printer "Eidgenössische Münzstätte" (= "The Federal Mint"), Berne
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 179,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 107x

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