File:SUI 1911 MiNr0113III pm B002a.jpg

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Stamp of Switzerland; 1911; definitive stamp of the issue "Walter Tell"; drawing of Walter Tell standing behind crossbow; special characteristics of this stamp: stairs of the pedestal have different highs; the bowstring of the crossbow is behind the piston; thin characters with serifes at "HELVETIA"; top edge of the front metal bow is nearer to the upper line as at other issues; stamp postmarked in Walchwil, 1913
Stamp: Michel: No. 113III; Yvert et Tellier: No. 136; AFA: No. 133a
Color: emerald green to grey green
Watermark: Switzerland no. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses)
Nominal value: 5 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from 1911 until 31 December 1942
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1942-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.0 x 21.0 mm

Postmark: Walchwil (Kanton Zug),
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Author "Schweizerische Bundespost"
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Picture description The young Walter Tell standing behind a crossbow, holding the bowstring of the crossbow with the right hand and the arrow-pierced apple in the left hand.
First day of issue 1911
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design Albert Welti (1862-1912)
Printer The Federal Mint, Berne (original stamp)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 928,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 113III

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