Double Geneva

{{Short description|Rare Swiss postage stamp}}

{{Infobox rare stamps

| common_name = Double Geneva

| image = Doppelgenf1.jpg

| country_of_production = Switzerland

| location_of_production = Geneva

| date_of_production = 30 September 1843

| nature_of_rarity = Extremely rare

| number_in_existence = Unknown

| face_value = 5/10 centimes

| estimated_value = CHF 55,000

|}}

The Double Geneva is a rare Swiss stamp that was issued by the city of Geneva in 1843, making it the third-oldest stamp of the European continent after the Zürich 4 and 6 (1842), and the British Penny Black and Two penny blue, (1840).{{Cite web |url=http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/section.asp?catid=179&docid=2842 |title=Paul Fraser Collectibles |access-date=2010-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721101218/http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/section.asp?catid=179&docid=2842 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }} It bears the name Double Geneva for the double image on the stamp and its place of origin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.junior-philatelists.com/Stamp_Nick_Names.shtml |title=Junior Philatilists on the Internet |access-date=2010-12-31 |archive-date=2012-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131190839/http://www.junior-philatelists.com/Stamp_Nick_Names.shtml |url-status=dead }}

The stamp has a unique design: each half, at 5 centimes if cut out would pre-pay the postage on letters within the city of Geneva; the whole stamp at 10 centimes pre-paid postage outside the city but within the Canton of Geneva.P Mirabaud & A de Reuterskiold "The postage stamps of Switzerland 1842-1862" 1898; facsimile reprint 1975 Quarterman Publications, Laurence Massachusetts