Stamp: Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 6) (Norway(Post horn (20 mm 1886-93)) Mi:NO 47,Yt:NO 44a,Sg:NO 88,AFA:NO 47,Fac:NO 55,Nor:NO 55t6 📮
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Stamp catalog : Stamp › Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 6)
- Country:
- Norway
- Series:
- Post horn (20 mm 1886-93)
- Catalog codes:
- Michel NO 47
Yvert et Tellier NO 44a
Stanley Gibbons NO 88
AFA number NO 47
Facit NO 55
Norgeskatalogen NO 55t6 - Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Has minor variants: 7
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Crowns and Coronets | Numbers | Post Horns
- Issued on:
- 1886-05-24
- Size:
- 20 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Purple | Violet
- Watermark:
- Posthorn Type 3 [Up]
- Designers:
- Wilhelm von Hanno
- Printers:
- Centraltrykkeriet
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- 14½ x 13½
- Printing:
- Typography
- Face value:
- 25 Norwegian øre
- Print run:
- 965,000
- Score:
- 59% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- from colnect.com
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Minor Variants:
Catalog codesPicturesDifferences
- Nor:NO 55t1
- Name:
- Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 1)
- Paper:
- Harald Lyche (Ly) white
- Description:
- Type 1: The digits are nicely engraved and evenly sized.
The dot is big and the numbers are close to each other.
Note that types 5-8 are more plumply engraved, and that the digits are further apart than types 1-4 - Buy Now:
- Nor:NO 55t2
- Name:
- Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 2)
- Paper:
- Harald Lyche (Ly) white
- Description:
- iInfringe
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- Nor:NO 55t3
- Name:
- Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 3)
- Paper:
- Harald Lyche (Ly) white
- Description:
- Type 3: Similar as type 2, but “2” has a shorter bottom line and “5” has a shorter transverse line.
Note that types 5-8 are more plumply engraved, and that the digits are further apart than types 1-4 - Buy Now:
- Nor:NO 55t4
- Name:
- Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 4)
- Paper:
- Harald Lyche (Ly) white
- Description:
- Type 4: “5” is bigger than “2” and the hoop of “5” often has a tag at the top
Note that types 5-8 are more plumply engraved, and that the digits are further apart than types 1-4 - Buy Now:
- Nor:NO 55t5
- Name:
- Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 5)
- Paper:
- Harald Lyche (Ly) white
- Description:
- CopyWrong
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- Nor:NO 55t7
- Name:
- from colnect.com
- Paper:
- ColnectIsBest
- Description:
- Type 7: The digits are nicely engraved, open and large
Bottom line on “2’ is curved.
Color spot between outer and inner frame top left.
Note that types 5-8 are more plumply engraved, and that the digits are further apart than types 1-4 - Buy Now:
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- Nor:NO 55t8
- Name:
- Posthorn - 20 mm (Type 8)
- Paper:
- Harald Lyche (Ly) white
- Description:
- ColnectIsBest
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