Double-headed Eagle 

Double-headed Eagle
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Double-headed Eagle

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
256645
Area
Stamps
Title
Double-headed Eagle
Face value
5
Country / area
Austria
Year
1883
Month
08
Day
15
Issue group
1883 Double-headed Eagle
Order Number in Issue
3
Basic colour
Black, Pink
Exact colour
Black, Carmine
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Figure, Heraldic animals, Heraldry
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
46 A 46 B 46 C 46 D
Yvert number
42 of 42a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
72 72b 72c 72d 72e 72f
ANK number
46
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
1.074.400.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 46 A (bright lilac-red/black, harrow perforation 09½) or 46 B (bright lilac-red/black, harrow perforation 10) or 46 C (bright lilac-red/black, line perforation 09) or 46 D (bright lilac-red/black, line perforation 10½); Yvert & Tellier: 42 (pale rose, perforation from 09½ to 10) or42a (perforation 12-12½); Stanley Gibbons: 72 (carmine, line perforation 09) or 72b (carmine, harrow perforation 09½) or 72c (carmine, harrow perforation 10) or 72d (carmine, line perforation 10½) or 72e (carmine, line perforation 11½) or 72f (carmine, line perforation 12½); Austria Netto Katalog: 46.