Eagle and post horns with lightning bolts 

Eagle and post horns with lightning bolts
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Eagle and post horns with lightning bolts

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9892567
Area
Stamps
Title
Eagle and post horns with lightning bolts
Face value
70
Country / area
Russia [1857-1917]
Year
1912
Month
Day
Issue group
1908-1916 State Coat of Arms, Post Horns and Thunderbolds
Order Number in Issue
14
Basic colour
Brown, Orange
Exact colour
Brown, Vermilion
Usage
Postage
Type
Colour variety, Paper variety
Theme / topic
Heraldry
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Heraldische adelaar, posthoorn met bliksemschichten
Michel number
76 II Ab
Yvert number
74
Scott number
86
Stanley Gibbons number
46A
Zagorsky number
107(2)
Designer/Engraver
Kepler, Franz Mikhailovich
Printing office
EZGB [1818-1919] (Imperial Russian Printing Works)
Perforation
Comb perforation 14¼ : 14¾
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Embossing, Typography
Paper
Laid paper (horizontally)
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
18 x 25 mm
Details

Soloviev number: 77-1 Colour: "braun" and "zinnober" (Michel Farbenfuehrer 38 ed) Colors according to external catalogues: Michel: light carmine brown / reddish orange (76 II Ab, 1912) Zagorsky: dark lilac brown / red orange Soloviev: brown / vermilion (77-I) Different paper is used for the different issues. See the background page for this issue for more information. The paper has lacquer stripes in a vertical weave pattern. See also background page for more information.

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