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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
369311
Area
Stamps
Title
Sitting Helvetia
Face value
40
Country / area
Year
1854
Month
Day
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
6
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
17 I 17 II
Yvert number
30 30a 30b 30c
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
28 28a 45 37 51 51a
Zumstein number
26Aa 26A 26C 26G
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers:
Michel: 17 I (printer J.G. Weiss, München), 17 II (printer Eidgenössische Münze, Bern);
Yvert & Tellier: 30 (thick paper with green silk threads), 30a (medium paper with brown red silk threads), 30b, 30c (thin papier with green silk threads);
Stanley Gibbons: 28, 28a (thin paper with green silk threads), 45 (thin paper with bright green silk threads), 37 (thick paper with red silk threads), 51, 51a (thick paper with bright green silk threads);
Zumstein: 26Aa, 26A, 26C, 26G.