File:GLP 1905 MiNr0052 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of Guadeloupe (French colony); 1905; definitive stamp of the issue "Harbour at Basse-Terre - First Design"; stamp drawing with the harbour of Basse-Terre (capital of Guadeloupe) and the volcano "La Soufriere" in background and vanilla vines and vanilla beans (of the plant "Vanilla planifolia") as frame decoration; mint stamp
Note: This stamp is the world first orchid stamp.
Stamp: Michel: No. 52; Yvert et Tellier: No. 55; Scott: No. 54
Color: black on light azure paper
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1 C (Centime)
Postage validity: from 1905 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 34.5 x 20.0 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Postes, télégraphes et téléphones" (PTT) of the "Troisième République Française"
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Picture description Drawing with the harbour of Basse-Terre (capital of Guadeloupe) with the volcano "La Soufriere" in background and vanilla vines and vanilla beans (of the plant "Category:Vanilla planifolia") as frame decoration
First day of issue
Publisher "Postes, télégraphes et téléphones" (PTT) of the "Troisième République Française"
Design Jules-Jacques Puyplat (1843-1916)
Printer "Maison Chassepot", Paris or

"Compagnie Française de Papiers-Monnaie", Paris

Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Guadeloupe, Nr. 52
SCOTT Nr. Guadeloupe, No. 54

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