My stamps of the beautiful Switzerland - Pt 2

In continuation to my last post, here are the rest of the stamps from my swiss stamps collection. These are from 1991 onwards.

1991-95: Mountain Lakes
1999, Mar. 9: Comic Book, “Les Amours de Monsieur Vieux Bois,” by Rodolphe Topffer (1799-1846), booklet stamps

2000, Mar. 7: Swiss souvenirs
2002, Sept. 17: Insects
2002-05: Minerals
2003-05: Medicinal Plants
2003-04: Swiss Designs. One missing stamp of the Zipper.
15c, Rex potato peeler, 1947, designed by Alfred Neweczeral.
85c, Station clock, 1944, designed by Hanls Hilfiker.
100c, Le Fauteuil Grand Confort (black armchair), 1928, designed by Le Corbusier.
100c, Landi chair (aluminum Stamp chair), 1938, designed by Hans Coray.

2004, May 6: Europa
2007, Apr. 10: Roger Federer. One of my favourite stamps

2011, Nov. 22: This beautiful set of christmas stamps is a wonderful representation of the season there. Makes you want to be in Switzerland in one of those quaint Zermatt chalets, it's pathways lined with snow, the clean and crisp mountain air and a roaring fire and star-lit sky.

Finally the semi-postals stocked separately .

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My stamps of the beautiful Switzerland - Pt 1

Switzerland!! One of the most sought after holiday destinations in the world. With scenic peaks, valleys, villages and lakes, it is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe and the world. For me....I am into this  beautiful country also for its stamps, and here are the ones that I have been able to collect so far. The stamps are as beautiful as the country itself and come in all kinds of varieties: embroidered, wood, odd shapes etc.

Only one stamp each of William tell and his son from early 1900s.
1949, Aug. 1: Technology and Landscape Definitives
Three stamps from this series of 12 stamps. I have the 20c stamp here which has at least two variants. Will do a separate post on it some other time.
1960-63: Messengers and Buildings Defintives
Again only a few from the set of 22. For more in detail on these definitives will do in the separate post.

 

1961, Sept. 18: Evangelists. Complete set. 

3fr, St. Matthew and angel.

5fr, St. Mark and winged lion.

10fr, St. Luke and winged ox

20fr, St. John and eagle

Designs are after 15th century wood carvings from St. Oswald’s church, Zug.

1969, Sept. 18: Kreuzberge, Alpstein mountains

1970, Sept. 17: Piz Palu, Grisons. Swiss Alps.

1973-80: Villages and churches definitives

1977-84: Folk customs definitives. This is a almost near complete set with only two stamps missing from the set of 13

1982, Feb. 18: Locomotives. Both se-tenant with label showing workers’ monument. Have only the steam locomotive one with the label
1982-86: Signs of the Zodiac and City Views.


1986-89: Mail distribution

1991, Feb. 22
Swiss Confederation, 700th anniv.
Swiss Parliament, US Capitol.

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Christmas Stamps of Switzerland

I always love doing a post on Christmas stamps and there are quite a few in my collection that I have to still put up here. Yesterday after putting up the cover from Switzerland I thought I might as well show you my Christmas stamps from this wonderful country.

The first Christmas stamp of Switzerland was issued as a semi-postal in 1987. I have the stamp and you can see it in the picture below, the first stamp, first row. Semi-Postal Stamps are stamps that include a first class postage charge, plus an additional amount to fund a charity or community cause, such as health care and research. The other stamp on the same row is also a semi-postal from the year 1998. In the two stamps on the first row, the additional amount for charity is 10c and 35c respectively.

Complete set of 3, 2009. I specially like the strip of 3. A close friend from Zermatt sent me the stamps.

Santa Claus hat - 85c.
Christmas Tree - 100c.
Gift - 130c.



Complete set of 3, 2011

Chapel - 85c.
Christmas Tree - 100c.
Chalet - 140c.

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