Double-headed Eagle 

Double-headed Eagle
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Double-headed Eagle

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
256635
Area
Stamps
Title
Double-headed Eagle
Face value
3
Country / area
Austria
Year
1883
Month
08
Day
15
Issue group
1883 Double-headed Eagle
Order Number in Issue
2
Basic colour
Black, Green
Exact colour
Black, Dull green
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Figure, Heraldic animals, Heraldry
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
45 A 45 B 45 C 45 D
Yvert number
41 41a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
71 71b 71c 71d 71f
ANK number
45
Designer/Engraver
Brendler, Karl, Macklowsky, Scharff, Anton (1845-1903)
Printing office
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei [Wenen, Oostenrijk] (Austrian State Printing House)
Perforation
Watermark
BRIEF-MARKEN (Sheet watermark)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
195.100.000
Dimensions / diameter
21 x 25 mm
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 45 A (dull green/black, harrow perforation 09½) or 45 B (dull green/black, harrow perforation 10) or 45 C (dull green/black, line perforation 09) or 45 D (dull green/black, line perforation 10½); Yvert & Tellier: 41 (green/black, perforation from 09½ to 10) or41a (perforation 12-12½); Stanley Gibbons: 71 (pale green, line perforation 09) or 71b (pale green, harrow perforation 09½) or 71c (pale green, harrow perforation 10) or 71d (pale green, line perforation 10½) or 71f (pale green, line perforation 12½); Austria Netto Katalog: 45.