Block
100 years of the world‘s first stamp block
On 3 January 1923, the Luxembourg post office became the first postal service in the world to issue a souvenir sheet, on which, in this case, was only one stamp. The motif shows a view of the City of Luxembourg and is coloured in green. The souvenir sheet is therefore also referred to as the “Grénge Block”. It measures around 80 x 59 mm. The engraving was by Henry-Lucien Cheffer, a French artist from Paris.
Price of the block: €5.00
Drawing and engraving: Henry-Lucien Cheffer (FR)
Printing: Intaglio printing,1 green colour, Philaposte (FR)
Dimensions of the block: 79 x 59 mm,
Dimensions of the stamp: 41,5 x 28 mm
