Enlarge image
Catalogue information
LastDodo number
3232819
Area
Stamps
Title
Eagle in Blue Square
Face value
5
Country / area
Year
1863
Month
07
Day
25
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
1
Exact colour
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
2
Yvert number
7 A
Scott number
11
Stanley Gibbons number
8
Zagorsky number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
500.000
Dimensions / diameter
18 x 24 mm
Details
Zagorski number: CT 2
Solovjev number: 8
The stamp was issued to pay local postage in St.Petersburg and Moscow. It is known to have been used in other cities. In August 1864 it was authorized for use on mail addressed to other destinations.