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
1388845
Area
Stamps
Title
Eagle and Post Horn [without lightning]
Face value
8
Country / area
Russia [1857-1917]
Year
1875
Month
06
Day
18
Issue group
1875 State Coat of Arms
Order Number in Issue group
2
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Grey, Pink
Exact colour
Bright rose carmine, Grey
Theme / topic
Heraldic animals, Heraldry, Post-horns
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
26 x
Yvert number
25 (A)
Scott number
28
Stanley Gibbons number
Zagorsky number
30
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
Embossing, Typography
Paper
Laid paper (horizontally)
Gum
Print run
141.459.906
Dimensions / diameter
18.1 x 24.1 mm
Details

Soloviev number: 26 Zagorski distinguishes two color varieties: Gray/pink Gray/carmine Soloviev only describes Gray/pink, but mentions that the stamps are printed on paper of normal thickness and on thin paper.

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