File:SUI 1921 MiNr0156 pm B002a.jpg

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Stamp of Switzerland; 1921; definitive stamp as overprinted stamp of the issue "Walter Tell"; drawing of Walter Tell standing behind crossbow; stamp of 1917 with black overprint of a new value in the left central part; old value threefold fessed; special characteristics of this stamp (amongst others): the bowstring of the crossbow is behind the piston; stairs of the pedestal have the same highs (= drawing type II); stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 156 (= No. 137x with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 179 (= No. 158 with overprint); AFA: No. 179 (= No. 155 with overprint)
Color: orange brown to brown orange with black overprint
Watermark: Switzerland No. 2 (multiple Swiss crosses)
Nominal value: 2½ on 3 (Rappen, Centimes)

Postage validity: from January 1921 until 31 December 1932
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1921-01-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1932-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 17.5 x 21.0 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
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.; stamp overprinted
First day of issue
Publisher "Schweizerische Bundespost"
Design Albert Welti (1862-1912)
Printer "Eidgenössische Münzstätte" (= "The Federal Mint"), Berne
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 4,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11¾
MICHEL Nr. Schweiz, Nr. 156

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