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Stamp of Finland as Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire (German: "Großfürstentum"); 1908; definitive stamp similar of the then issue for the Russian Empire, but with Finnish currency value; "B"-perforation (K 14¼ : 14¾); print plate type II; postmarked (postmark unreadable)
Stamp: Michel: No. 57IIB; AFA: No. 57aB
Color: carmine to carmine red on normal paper
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 PEN. (Penniä)

Postage validity: from 8 July 1908 until 14 May 1911
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1908-07-08T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1911-05-14T00:00:00Z/11

(Print plate type II (used from 1908) was manufactured by the enterprise Lilius & Hertzberg in Helsinki, whereas type I (used from 1901) was manufactured by the enterprise H.Berthold in Berlin (Germany). The distinguishing features between both plates are mainly a) The "1" has wider serifs at top and bottom at type I as at type II. b) The "E" in "PEN." is more curved at the bottom at type I as at type II. c) On Type II the "10" is less rounded at the top and bottom. d) Type II shows a wider and clarer white intermediate line under the currency area as type I. The white line is not interrupted.)
Date (first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Finance expedition of the Imperial Senat of the Russian Empire
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This postage stamp published by Posti- ja telelaitos before January 1, 1990 is in the public domain in Finland because it has been extracted from a decision or statement issued by a public authority in Finland and is not an independent work. Section 9 of the Finnish Copyright Act specifies that no copyright exists in such material. (Link to the Act). See COM:Finland#Not protected and COM:Finland#Stamps.

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  • The same stamp, but print plate I (Michel No. 57I from 1901)
    The same stamp, but print plate I (Michel No. 57I from 1901)
Picture description Definitive stamp according to Russian template; coat of arms of the Russian Empire (Russian imperial double-head-eagle) in standing oval with ornamental frame and cellular underpressure (net with very little rhombohedral meshes) and horizontal, tight-striped background at the currency and coat of arms areas; currency value in standing oval centered under coat of arms
First day of issue
Publisher Finance expedition of the Imperial Senat of the Russian Empire
Design print plate by Lilius & Hertzberg, Helsinki (= "type II")
Printer Suomen Leimakonttori
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 35,265,211 (total for Michel No. 57IIA+B)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14¼ : 14¾ (= "B"-perforation)
MICHEL Nr. Finnland, Nr. 57IIB

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