File:LIE 1917 MiNr0008 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of the Principality of Liechtenstein (under Austrian administration); 1917; definitive stamp of the issue "Prince Johann II"; stamp motive with a side portrait of Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840-1929) with look to right; stamp with Austrian currency; mint stamp, but hinged
Stamp: Michel: No. 8; Yvert et Tellier: No. 8; Scott: No. 8; AFA: No. 8; Zumstein: No. 8
Color: dark green to black blueish opal green on chalky granite paper
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 20 Heller

Postage validity: from 14 June 1917 until 31 January 1921
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1917-06-14T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1921-01-31T00:00:00Z/11
Stamp picture size (printed area without signature line): 21.5 x 30.0 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Österreichische Postverwaltung für das Fürstentum 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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Other versions

- also imperforate
- probe prints in other colors on grey paper are known
- Not to mistake with the stamp issue to the 60 years government jubilee of Johann II in 1918 --> stamp in the same drawing and color, but with year dates in the upper corners.

  • Stamp Michel No. 10 from 1918 (year dates in the upper corners)
    Stamp Michel No. 10 from 1918 (year dates in the upper corners)
  • Stamp in the same drawing but with overprint of the "Arabesques-issue" (Michel No. 16 from 1920)
    Stamp in the same drawing but with overprint of the "Arabesques-issue" (Michel No. 16 from 1920)
Picture description Johann II of and to Liechtenstein
First day of issue
Publisher "Österreichische Postverwaltung für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein"
Design Koloman Moser (1868-1918) design)

Ferdinand Schirnböck (1859-1930) (engraving)

Printer "Österreichische Staatsdruckerei", Vienna
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 944,000 (in sheets à 80 stamps) (stamps in the drawing from 1917)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½ : 13
MICHEL Nr. Liechtenstein, Nr. 8
SCOTT Nr. Liechtenstein, No. 8

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