The Basel Dove is a notable stamp from Switzerland. It was issued in 1845 with a value of 2 1/2-rappen. The stamp, designed by the architect Melchior Berry, featured a white dove carrying a letter in its beak, and inscribed "STADT POST BASEL" The stamp is printed in black, crimson, and blue, making it the world's first tri-colored stamp. The dove is embossed.
Basel became the focal point of western Christendom during the 15th-century Council of Basel (1431-1449), including the 1439 election of antipope Felix V. In 1459 Pope Pius II endowed the University of Basel where notables like Erasmus of Rotterdam, Paracelsus and Hans Holbein the younger teached.
Basel traditionally was the seat of the Bishop of Basel until during reformation under Oecolampadius Basel in 1529.
Geo-politically, the city of Basel functions as the capital of the Swiss half-canton of Basel-Stadt, though several of its suburbs form part of the half-canton of Basel-Landschaft or of the canton of Aargau.
The BaselDove is a notable stamp from Switzerland.
It was issued in 1845 with a value of 2 1/2-rappen.
The stamp, designed by the architect Melchior Berry, featured a white dove carrying a letter in its beak, and inscribed "STADT POST BASEL" The stamp is printed in fl, crimson, and blue, making it the world's first tri-colored stamp.
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