State Coat of Arms 

State Coat of Arms
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State Coat of Arms

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5223089
Area
Stamps
Title
State Coat of Arms
Face value
2
Country / area
Russia [1857-1917]
Year
1888
Month
03
Day
Issue group
1884 Coat of arms, posthorns in design without thunderbolts
Order Number in Issue
2
Basic colour
Green
Exact colour
Yellow green
Usage
Postage
Type
Colour variety, Perforation variety
Theme / topic
Heraldic animals, Heraldry, Post-horns
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Heraldische adelaar
Michel number
30 Cc
Yvert number
29a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
39B
Zagorsky number
Designer/Engraver
Kepler, Franz Mikhailovich
Printing office
EZGB [1818-1919] (Imperial Russian Printing Works)
Perforation
Comb perforation 14½ : 14¾
Watermark
Waves and Cyrillic letters
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Laid paper (horizontally)
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
40.974.000
Dimensions / diameter
14,5 x 25 mm
Details

Zagorski number: 45 Soloviev number: 37 Edition is for the issue of yellow-green stamps. See background page for more information about the minimal differences between the stamps from the issue and reissue.

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