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Stamp of Switzerland; 1909; definitive stamps of the issue "Helvetia with bough before mountain landscape"; portrait of the "Helvetia" with view to right and a bough in the left hand before snow-covered mountain landscape; value number central-right without frame; stamp postmarked in Zofingen, 1914
Stamp: Michel: No. 115; Yvert et Tellier: No. 132; AFA: No. 129
Color: orange brown to dark orange brown on normal paper
Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses without oval)
Nominal value: 12 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from 1909 until 31 December 1932
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1932-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 17.5 x 21.0 mm

Postmark: Zofingen (Kanton Aargau),
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Author "Schweizerische Bundespost"
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Picture description Portrait of the "Helvetia" with view to right and a bough in the left hand before snow-covered mountain landscape
First day of issue 1909
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design Charles L'Éplattenier (1874-1946)
Printer "Eidgenössische Münzstätte" (= "The Federal Mint"), Berne
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 29,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 115

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