File:SUI 1944 MiNr0429 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Switzerland; 1944; commemorative stamp of the issue "50th Anniversary of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne"; stamp drawing with the head of a statue of the Apollon by the Olympia Master from the Zeus temple in Olympa (Greece); stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 429; Yvert et Tellier: No. 393; Scott: No. 291
Color: dark lilac rose / grey black
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 20 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from 21 March 1944 until 31 December 1944
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1944-03-21T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1944-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area without signature line): 20.5 x 25.5 mm
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Source scan of original
Author "Schweizerische Bundespost"
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of Switzerland or the Swiss cantons. It is therefore not protected by copyright by virtue of Art. 5 of the Swiss Copyright Act.

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Picture description Drawing with the head of a statue of the Apollon by the Olympia Master from the Zeus temple in Olympa (Greece)



Plaster cast reproduction (in Munich) of the original statue of the Apollon in the Olympia Museum (photo from 2007)
First day of issue
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design M. Allenbach
Printer "Helio Courvoisier S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds"
Printing technique Recess printing (?)
Circulation 3,650,000 (in sheets à 50 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 429
SCOTT Nr. Switzerland, No. 291

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