Double-headed Eagle 

Double-headed Eagle
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Double-headed Eagle

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
256625
Area
Stamps
Title
Double-headed Eagle
Face value
2
Country / area
Austria
Year
1883
Month
08
Day
15
Issue group
1883 Double-headed Eagle
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Black, Brown
Exact colour
Black, Light ochre brown
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Figure, Heraldic animals, Heraldry
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
44 A 44 B 44 C 44 D
Yvert number
40 40a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
70 70b 70c 70d 70f
ANK number
44
Designer/Engraver
Brendler, Karl, Macklowsky, Scharff, Anton (1845-1903)
Printing office
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei [Wenen, Oostenrijk] (Austrian State Printing House)
Perforation
Watermark
BRIEF-MARKEN (Sheet watermark)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
205.300.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 44 A (light ochre-brown/black, harrow perforation 09½) or 44 B (light ochre-brown/black, harrow perforation 10) or 44 C (light ochre-brown/black, line perforation 09) or 44 D (light ochre-brown/black, line perforation 10½); Yvert & Tellier: 40 (bistre/black, perforation from 09½ to 10) or40a (perforation 12-12½); Stanley Gibbons: 70 (brown, line perforation 09) or 70b (brown, harrow perforation 09½) or 70c (brown, harrow perforation 10) or 70d (brown, line perforation 10½) or 70e (brown, line perforation 12½); Austria Netto Katalog: 44.