File:LIE 1937 MiNr0157 pm B002a.jpg

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Stamp of the Principality of Liechtenstein; 1937; definitive stamp of the issue "Landscapes and castles in Liechtenstein"; stamp motive with a view to "Masescha chapel" (= "Saint Theodul's Chapel" in the quarter "Masescha" of Triesenberg (Liechtenstein); stamp postmarked
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The "Masescha chapel" was originally a shrine (13th century), enlarged to a mountain chapel in 1817, the nave was completed in 1834, the vestibule and tower in 1907. This chapel is dedicated to Maria and the Saint Theodor, and belongs contemporary to the Roman-Catholic church parish "Saint Joseph" of Triesenberg. The oldest, today known reference of the "Masescha chapel" goes back to the year 1465.
Stamp: Michel: No. 157; Yvert et Tellier: No. 142; Scott: No. 137; AFA: No. 157; Zumstein: No. 127
Color: green
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 5 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from 18 September 1937 until 30 June 1944
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1937-09-18T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1944-06-30T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area without signature line): 21.0 x 26.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
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Author Swiss Post as contract partner of the Government of Liechtenstein
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of Liechtenstein. It is therefore not protected by copyright by virtue of Art. 5 of the Liechtenstein Copyright Act.

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Picture description View to the "Masescha chepel" in Triesenberg
First day of issue
Publisher Swiss Post as contract partner of the Government of Liechtenstein
Design Matthäus Schiestl (1969-1939)
Printer "Helio Courvoisier S.A.", La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland)
Printing technique Photogravure
Circulation 1,239,144 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Liechtenstein, Nr. 157
SCOTT Nr. Liechtenstein, No. 137

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