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
10758657
Area
Stamps
Title
Eagle and Post Horn [without lightning]
Face value
35
Country / area
Russia [1857-1917]
Year
1884
Month
01
Day
25
Issue group
1884 Imperial coat of arms (II)
Order Number in Issue group
7AFb
Usage
Postage
Type
Colour variety, Perforation variety
Basic colour
Green, Purple
Exact colour
Bright brown violet, Bright green
Theme / topic
Heraldic animals, Heraldry, Post-horns
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
35 A
Yvert number
34
Scott number
37
Stanley Gibbons number
45
Zagorsky number
40
Designer/Engraver
Kepler, Franz Mikhailovich
Printing office
EZGB [1818-1919] (Imperial Russian Printing Works)
Perforation type
Comb perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
14¾
Watermark
Waves and Cyrillic letters
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Embossing, Typography
Paper
Laid paper (horizontally)
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
701.000
Dimensions / diameter
18.3 x 24.3 mm
Details

Narrow margins all around Soloviev number: 35 Type A Ebnet number: 35 AI Fb Note: different perforation: K 14¾; not mentioned in catalogues. Exact colour: medium brown-violet, bright green Mintage is for the 1884 and 1888 issues combined. See background page for more information on the minimal differences between the stamps from the issue and the reissue.

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