Universal Postal Union  

Universal Postal Union - Image 1
Universal Postal Union - Image 2
Universal Postal Union - Image 3
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1344793
Area
Stamps
Title
Universal Postal Union
Face value
5
Country / area
Switzerland
Year
1900
Month
08
Day
01
Issue group
1900 Universal Postal Union [plate III]
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Green
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Anniversary, Globe, Postal service, Postal unions, Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
71 III
Yvert number
89
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
191
Zumstein number
77 C
Designer/Engraver
Florian, Frédéric (1858-1926), Grasset, Eugène (1845-1917)
Printing office
Max Girardet
Perforation
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
5.400.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Plate III: - harrow perforation 11¾; - finer engraving; - lined figures of value; - hyphen between 1875 and 1900 thicker and without shoot at the right side (cfr. Image 2). Control mark at the back: Impression of a dry stamp with small cross in oval made of two lines close to each other (cfr. Image 3).