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Stamps of Switzerland; 1868; definitive stamp of the issue "Sitting Helvetia - new values and colors"; drawing of the sitting Helvetia with ornamented frame; stamp postmarked in Ennenda, 1876; Unfortunately is the pictured stamp damaged.
Stamp: Michel: No. 32; Yvert et Tellier: No. 45
Color: green on normal, white paper
Watermark: Switzerland No. 1 ("cross-in-oval" - type 1) (This watermark is imprinted and embossed ("Kontrollzeichen 1"). It's no real watermark.)
Nominal value: 25 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from 1 September 1868 until 1 October 1883
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1868-09-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1883-10-01T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.5 x 22.0 mm

Postmark: Ennenda (Kanton Glarus, East Switzerland),
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Author "Schweizerische Bundespost"
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Picture description Sitting Helvetia
First day of issue
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Eidgenössische Münzstätte" (= "The Federal Mint"), Berne or

Printery M. Durheim (Geneve...?)

Printing technique Letterpress printing with embossing
Circulation ?
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 11¾ or K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 32

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