🌎 Country

Switzerland

📅 Year

1845

💰 Denomination

2½ Rp

📮 Issue type

Definitive

🖼 Topic

Birds

Issued by the canton of Basel before Switzerland had national stamps. It was the first stamp printed in three colours, and the white dove carrying a letter is embossed so that it stands out from the paper. The architect Melchior Berri designed it.

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