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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9128583
Area
Stamps
Title
Buildings
Face value
25
Country / area
Allied Occupation - Germany [American and british zone]
Year
1949
Month
03
Day
Issue group
1948 Historic Buildings
Order Number in Issue group
15
Usage
Postage
Type
Variety
Basic colour
Red
Exact colour
Bright orange red, Dark vermilion, Orange red
Theme / topic
Architecture, Buildings, Churches and cathedrals, Gothic, History, Religion, Towers, UNESCO
Geographical theme
Cologne
Persons theme
Bueren, Nikolaus van [1380-1445], Everdingen, Andreas von [est.?-<1412], Franckenberg, Johann Kuene van [1466-1491], Meister Arnold [?-1308], Rile, Gerhard von [1215-1271], Savoyen, Michael von [1320-1387], Voigtel, Karl Eduard Richard [1829-1902], Zwirner, Ernst Friedrich [1802-1861]
Item subject
Cologne Cathedral (Dom St. Peter und Maria), the Gothic cathedral in the center of the German city of Cologne
Michel number
87 III W B
Yvert number
55
Scott number
648
Stanley Gibbons number
A122
Designer/Engraver
Bittrof, Max [1890-1972]
Printing office
Bagel Security-Print [Monchengladbach, Germany] (BSP)
Perforation type
Line perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
11½ : 11
Watermark
DP and stripes
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Offset
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
73.229.700
Dimensions / diameter
21,5 x 26 mm
Details

Type III: 3 front portal steps. 4 window towers; wide hatched. With threshold at the side portal. Bottom level continuous.

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