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1845 - Basel Dove Postage Stamp

The Basel Dove stamp was issued on 1 July 1845

From Wikipedia:

The Basel Dove is a notable stamp issued by the Swiss canton of Basel. It was issued on 1 July 1845 with a value of 2 1/2-rappen and was the only stamp issued by Basel. At the time each canton was responsible for its own postal service and there were no uniform postal rates for Switzerland until after the establishment of a countrywide postal service on 1 January 1849. The only other cantons to issue their own stamps were Zürich and Geneva.

Estimated value 18,000.-  Swiss Francs