Eagle and post horn [without lightning] 

Eagle and post horn [without lightning]
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Eagle and post horn [without lightning]

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
10578317
Area
Stamps
Title
Eagle and post horn [without lightning]
Face value
1
Country / area
Russia [1857-1917]
Year
1884
Month
10
Day
Issue group
1884 Imperial coat of arms (I)
Order Number in Issue group
1B
Usage
Postage
Type
Colour variety, Perforation variety
Basic colour
Orange
Exact colour
Orange
Theme / topic
Heraldic animals, Heraldry, Post-horns
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
29 Aa
Yvert number
28
Scott number
31
Stanley Gibbons number
38A
Zagorsky number
34
Designer/Engraver
Kepler, Franz Mikhailovich
Printing office
EZGB [1818-1919] (Imperial Russian Printing Works)
Perforation type
Comb perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
14½ : 15
Watermark
Waves and Cyrillic letters
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Laid paper (horizontally)
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
49.143.000
Dimensions / diameter
18.0 x 23,9 mm
Details

Left/right narrow margins Top/bottom wide margins Soloviev number: 29 Type B Ebnet number: 29 Type A II Mintage is for the 1884 and 1888 issues together. See background page for more information on the minimal differences between the stamps from the issue and the reissue.

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