4r Zurich cantonal issue single
Object Details
- Description
- Before Switzerland established a uniform postal system in 1849, its 26 cantons were allowed to issue their own stamps for local use. Three did so. The stamps of Zurich were the first in continental Europe. Basel produced the world' first multicolored, embossed stamp, often considered one of the world's most beautiful.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1843
- Object number
- 2011.2005.13
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black) / lithographed
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 15/16 x 13/16 in. (2.4 x 2 cm)
- Place
- Zurich (administered by canton; Switzerland)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue Switzerland 1L1
- Topic
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_2011.2005.13
