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Stamp of Switzerland; 1918; definitive stamp of the issue "Walter Tell" - new colors and values; drawing of Walter Tell standing behind crossbow; stamp postmarked in 1921
Stamp: Michel: No. 136x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 157; AFA: No. 154
Color: brown violet to carmine brown on granite (fibrillated) paper
Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses)
Nominal value: 2½ (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from January 1918 until 31 December 1942
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1918-01-00T00:00:00Z/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 The young Walter Tell standing behind a crossbow, holding the bowstring of the crossbow with the right hand and the arrow-pierced apple in the left hand.
First day of issue
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design Albert Welti (1862-1912)
Printer "Eidgenössische Münzstätte" (= "The Federal Mint"), Berne
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 25,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 136x

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