Walter Tell 

Walter Tell - Image 1
Walter Tell - Image 2
Walter Tell - Image 3
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5896895
Area
Stamps
Title
Walter Tell
Face value
7½
Country / area
Switzerland
Year
1918
Month
07
Day
09
Issue group
1917 Walter Tell
Order Number in Issue
4
Basic colour
Grey
Exact colour
Slate-grey
Usage
Postage
Type
Type variety
Theme / topic
Myths, sagas and legends, Weapons
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Beeld van Walter Tell
Michel number
138 xII
Yvert number
160
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
258
Zumstein number
138 II
Designer/Engraver
Welti, Albert (1862-1912)
Printing office
Swissmint
Perforation
Comb perforation 11¾
Watermark
Cross (Swiss cross)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Silk or Granite paper
Gum
Smooth gum
Print run
34.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
21 x 24 mm
Details
Type II: The string is placed behind the crossbow stock (see Image 2). Simple writing. The lower steps of the pedestal have almost the same height (see Image 3).