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Stamp of Switzerland; 1918; definitive stamp of the issue "Sitting Helvetia on mountaintop"; drawing of 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; special characteristic: with the characters "CL" (engraver signature) under the pommel, although the "L" is covered with color, 2 plant leaves left of the crossguard of the sword)
Stamp: Michel: No. 140x; Yvert et Tellier: No. 165; AFA: No. 163
Color: brown orange with pale orange yellow underpress on granite (fibrillated) paper (on coated paper = Michel No. 140z from 1933)
Watermark: Switzerland: No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses)
Nominal value: 60 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from November 1918 until 31 December 1942
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1918-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1942-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 17.5 x 21.0 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
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 or

"Topographisches Institut", Berne.

Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 131,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 140x

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