Vasco da Gama 

Vasco da Gama
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Vasco da Gama

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5618827
Area
Stamps
Title
Vasco da Gama
Face value
1#2
Country / area
Quelimane
Year
1913
Month
Day
Issue group
1913 Vasco da Gama (Timor stamp) with imprint
Order Number in Issue group
3
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Purple
Exact colour
Brown lilac
Theme / topic
Explorers, Rowing boats, Sailing vessels, Voyages of discovery
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Gama, Vasco da [1469-1524]
Item subject
Departure from Belem
Michel number
19
Yvert number
19
Scott number
19
Stanley Gibbons number
19
Mundifil number
19
Designer/Engraver
Correia Belem, Silvestre
Printing office
Waterlow & Sons (1810-1961)
Perforation type
Line perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
13½
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving, Typography
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
13.500
Dimensions / diameter
35 x 25 mm
Details