Walter Tell 

Walter Tell - Image 1
Walter Tell - Image 2
Walter Tell - Image 3
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
301701
Area
Stamps
Title
Walter Tell
Face value
2½#3
Country / area
Switzerland
Year
1921
Month
01
Day
11
Issue group
1921 New Values on Stamps Remainders
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Black, Orange
Exact colour
Blue black, Brown orange
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Myths, sagas and legends, Weapons
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
156
Yvert number
179
Scott number
193
Stanley Gibbons number
307
Zumstein number
146
Designer/Engraver
Welti, Albert (1862-1912)
Printing office
Swissmint
Perforation
Comb perforation 11¾
Watermark
Cross (Swiss cross)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Silk or Granite paper
Gum
Smooth gum
Print run
4.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Type II: The string is placed behind the crossbow stock (see Image 2). Simple writing. The lower steps of the pedestal have almost the same height (see Image 3).