Catalogue information

LastDodo number
332401
Area
Stamps
Title
Universal Postal Union
Face value
5
Country / area
Year
1900
Month
Day
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
71 I 71 II 71 III
Yvert number
86
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
188 188a 191.
Zumstein number
77 A 77 B 77 C
Printing office
Perforation
Luminescence
Printing technique
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
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 2). This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Three plates: Plate I: - line perforation 11¾: 11½; stamp width above perforation: 22 mm; - hyphen between 1875 and 1900 with shoot downwards at the right side. Plate II: - harrow perforation 11¾; stamp width aboven perforation: 23 mm; - hyphen between 1875 and 1900 with shoot downwards at the right side. Plate III: - harrow perforation 11¾; - finer engraving; - lined figures of value; - hyphen between 1875 and 1900 thicker and without shoot at the right side. Michel: 71 I or 71 II or 71 III; Yvert & Tellier: 86 or 89; Stanley Gibbons: 188 or 188a or 191. Zumstein: 77 A or 77 B or 77 C.