Norway 1926-1934 Lion emblem

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Date: June 1926 - June 1937
  • Designed by: Hellik Rui
  • Printed by: Chr. H. Knudsen
  • Print Process: Typo
  • Perforations: 14²:13²
  • Watermark: posthorn (Type I)
  • Catalogue N°s Michel 120-132, 167; Yvert 112-123, 159; SG (1955) 187-195; Norgeskatalogen 141-154

NORGE in Grotesk. Lion holding an axe. Small format 16x20 mm. Several values are rare unused. Issued with marginal inscriptions from June 1926-June 1937. Some values issued in booklet and coil formats, as well as sheets of 100.

Used stamps

10 öre green, bridge in 1937. Mi120
14 öre orange, bridge in 1934.
15 øre olive
20 øre lilac
20 øre red
25 öre red bridge at Kleppestø. Mi125
25 öre yellow-brown Mi126
30 øre blue
35 øre olive brown
35 ore lilac 1934 issue, used at TÖNSBERG Mi167
40 øre blue
40 øre slate
50 øre carmine brown
60 øre green blue


Perfins

20 öre red ÆOLUS
20 öre violet ÆOLUS
reverse flipped to show ÆOLUS perfin