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Stamp of Norway; 1940; definitive stamp of the so-called issue "Posthorn - type II/II"; type II = posthorn drawing in standing oval with non-striped (smooth color filled) background; subtype II = characters with serifes (Roman script); but 1940s posthorn specifications: photogravure, no watermark; perforation K 13 : 13½; stamp is postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 218; Yvert & Tellier: No. 223; AFA: No. 216; Scott: No. 190
Color: purple (violet)
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 5 Øre

Postage validity: from 25 November 1940 until 15 May 1945
date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1940-11-25T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1945-05-15T00:00:00Z/11

renewed validity: from 1 September 1981
date QS:P,+1981-09-01T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1981-09-01T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size: 17 x 21 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Posten Norge (Norway Post)
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Picture description Posthorn drawing in standing oval
First day of issue
Publisher Posten Norge (Norway Post)
Design Wilhelm von Hanno (designer)

Phillip Christian Batz (engraver)

Printer Emil Moestue S.A., Oslo (...? not sure, but probably)
Printing technique Photogravure
Circulation 222,133,500
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Norwegen, Nr. 218
SCOTT Nr. Norway, No. 190

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