Universal Postal Union 

Universal Postal Union - Image 1
Universal Postal Union - Image 2
Universal Postal Union - Image 3
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6850529
Area
Stamps
Title
Universal Postal Union
Face value
25
Country / area
Switzerland
Year
1900
Month
07
Day
02
Issue group
1900 Universal Postal Union [plate I]
Order Number in Issue
3
Basic colour
Blue
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Anniversary, Globe, Postal service, Postal unions, Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
73 I
Yvert number
88
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
190a
Zumstein number
79 A
Designer/Engraver
Florian, Frédéric (1858-1926), Grasset, Eugène (1845-1917)
Printing office
Max Girardet
Perforation
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
2.200.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Plate I: - line perforation 11¾: 11½; stamp width above perforation: 22 mm; - hyphen between 1875 and 1900 with shoot downwards at the right side cfr. Image 2). 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 3).