Jonas Alstromer, the industry pioneer

	Nr.	S. 524-525
	Name	Jonas Alstromer, the industry pioneer
	Published date	1961-06-02
	Color	S. 524 lilac brown and S. 525 green blue
	Denomination	S. 524 (15 ore) and S. 525 (90 ore)
	Drawer	Zetterberg
	Engraver	Slania
	Printing technique	Steel engraving, the Swedish post office
	Perforation	123/4
	Circulation	S. 524a (18 mil.), S. 524bv/bh (3,1/3,1 mil.) and S. 525 (2,2 mil.)
	Approx. value*	S. 524a (3 kr), S. 524bv/bh (3 kr/3 kr), S. 524bb (4 kr) and S. 525 (8 kr)
	History	Jonas Alstromer, b. 1685 - d. 1761, industry business. After he made a fortune in England he founded Alingsås manufacture company 1724. Was married into the powerful financial family Sahlgren in Gothenburg. He was one of the founders of the Swedish Academy Of Science 1739.

Key to the signs and abbreviations

a/2-s	2-sided perforation, cut at the top and at the bottom or at the left side and the right side	bb	pair from booklet (3+3-s)
bh	3-sided perforation, cut at the right side	bv	3-sided perforation, cut at the left side
S./sS.	Swedish/Swedish set	Perforation	amount of tooth (on the stamp) per 2 cm

* Approx. value 1 kr (= 100 ore) = 0.12 US dollar = 0.08 UK pound (991231)

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