Catalogue information

LastDodo number
336851
Area
Stamps
Title
Evangelical Church Day
Face value
10
Country / area
Year
1959
Month
08
Day
12
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Fünf Kreuze, Jerusalemkreuz, Emblem Kirchentag
Michel number
314
Yvert number
187
Scott number
803
Stanley Gibbons number
1233
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
20.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
27,5 x 33 mm
Details

The crutch cross is an elementary graphic symbol. The oldest evidence can be found in rock carvings near La Coruña, northern Spain (around 2500 BC), then in China, in antiquity and in Latin American cultures. It is also associated with general solar symbols. The Jerusalem cross is a Greek (crutch) cross with a Greek cross in the four quadrants. They stand for the five wounds of Christ (catholic) or for Christ and the 4 evangelists. (Evang)

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