LIECHTENSTEIN POST in 1981 issued commemorative stamps of "Paintings of Famous Visitors to Liechtenstein", among these being the German writer Hermann Hesse. Shown in this issue was the "Portrait of Emil Sinclair", a pseudonym Hermann Hesse used in 1917 after being severely criticised for his pacifist writings. Artist Cuno Amiet rendered this particular portrait of Hesse in the Swiss modernism style in 1919.
Color: multicolored with gold
Watermark: none N
Nominal value: 1.00 Franc
Stamp picture size (printed area without signature line): 28.0 x 27.5 mm
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