Liechtenstein 2001 Gottfried Honegger Paintings

• Label : „Liechtensteinische Post“ of the Principaliy of Liechtenstein; 2001; commemorative stamps of the issue „Homage to Liechtenstein – VI – Abstract Art“; joint issue of Liechtenstein and Spanish North Africa; stamp motives with paintings by Gottfried Honegger (1917-2016);
  

isssue of 2 stamps)

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 1281 + 1282; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1222 + 1223; Scott: No. 1218 + 1219; Zumstein: 1224 + 1225
  

- Maxicards No. 199

• Color : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 1.80 – 2.20 (CHF) (Liechtenstein-issue)
• Postage validity : since 03 December 2001
• Designed by : Gottfried Honegger (1917-2016) (creator of the depicted artworks)
• Printed by : „Helio Courvoisier S.A.“, La Chaux-de-Fonds. (Switzerland)
• Print process : Photogravure on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 11½
• Print run : 230,000 each in sheets à 8 stamps (4x2)
• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 30.0 x 42,0 mm

Stamps, mint

Michel No. 1281, mint, 01	Michel No. 1281, mint, 02
Michel No. 1282, mint, 01	Michel No. 1282, mint, 02

Stamps, postmarked

Michel No. 1281, postmarked

Michel No. 1282, postmarked

To the stamp motives:
- 1.80 (CHF) : painting „Q“ (= „Quartett“, originally „Quintus Horatius“) by Gottfried Honegger (1917-2016), created in 2000 in the style of the Constructivism and Concrete art of the 20th century
- 2.20 (CHF) : painting “K” (= “Kreis”) by Gottfried Honegger (1917-2016), created in 2000 in the style of the Constructivism and Concrete art of the 20th century