retorix  05-15-2021
12:20 PM PT (US)
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15 May 1876
Local letter from Schwarzenberg to Luzern. Cancel is known as a zwergstempel [dwarf cancel].
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retorix 05-14-2021
08:40 AM PT (US)
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14 May 1909
An interesting cross border railway line led to this situation.
The route from Neuchatel to Pontarlier, France, was a busy main line from Switzerland to France, and many trains included a Swiss mail processing wagon. When trains stopped at the first French community across the border at Gare des Verrières-des-Joux, they accepted mail which was franked with French stamps. So, the straight line cancel indicates the French town, yet the date stamp is a Swiss ambulant canceler, both of which were added to this postcard by the Swiss mail clerk! There are a couple of other stations in this area where this situation occured.
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retorix 05-13-2021
09:44 AM PT (US)
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13 May 1889
International UPU letter from La Crosse, Wisconsin, to City Bank, London, England.
Forwarded to Hotel Brittania, Venice, Italy, then to Hotel Schweizerhof, Luzern. Date stamps show the following -
13 May 1889 from LaCrosse, USA,
via New York 16 May,
received London 23 May,
forwarded from London 24 May,
received Venice, Italy, 26 May,
forwarded via Milano RPO 27 May,
and Swiss Ambulant 28 May,
received Luzern 28 May.
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retorix 05-12-2021
10:02 AM PT (US)
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12 May 1905
5 centimes postal card Aarau [razor cancel made by DeCoppet] to Fehraltorf. [Fehraltorf canceler made by Güller circa 1870.]
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retorix 05-11-2021
09:21 AM PT (US)
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11 May 1901
Postcard mailed aboard the Luzern-Fluelen lake steamer to Wald, Germany.
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retorix 05-10-2021
04:03 PM PT (US)
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10 May 1874
Uprated tüblibrief to collect 90 centimes from Schildenschreiber, Bezirk Zürich to Hirstlanden [now a district of Zürich].
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retorix 05-09-2021
04:13 PM PT (US)
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9 May 1899
From Satigny via Geneve [6.01 razor cancel] to Gex, France. International cross-border rate, 15 centimes.
Mailed at Satigny Station 10km SW of Geneva, this cover did not receive an ambulant date stamp, therefore, the stamps were canceled on arrival at the main Geneva post office prior to routing for France confirming transit of the main Geneve post office.
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retorix 05-09-2021
04:09 PM PT (US)
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8 May 1889
UPU letter from Hotel Schweizerhof, Luzern, to London.
Addressed to Mrs [Mary Anne] Holford, Dorchester House, Park Lane, London. Dorchester House, built by R.S. Holford in 1853, was described as the "finest private dwelling in London". When rented to the American Ambassador in 1907, "four thousand guests were invited to the 4th of July party.
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retorix 05-07-2021
11:20 AM PT (US)
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7 May 1909
5 centimes international wrapper addressed to Danzig from St Gallen [razor cancel].
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retorix 05-06-2021
11:23 AM PT (US)
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6 May 1914
Postcard from Finhaut and transported on the Martigny-Chatelard railway. Destination Geneve.
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retorix 05-05-2021
09:24 AM PT (US)
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5 May 1904
Postcard from St Gallen to Paris, France. Postal stamp on picture side with Schützenfest poster stamp on address side. You can see the date on the stamp tells of the upcoming event in July, indicating these stamps were printed to generate interest.
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retorix 05-04-2021
09:00 AM PT (US)
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4 May 1915
One of the first fleuron design cancelers made by Güller in 1903. The Barre-Cite post office has been difficult to locate though it seems to have been located near the University of Lausanne.
This a nachnahme request for Fr9.50 sent by the Cantonal Tribune to a café owner in Vevey.
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retorix 05-03-2021
09:51 AM PT (US)
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3 May 1951
A nice Brigue railway station package handling department cancel to a railway official in Bern on a 10 centimes postal card with a scene of Brig in top left.
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retorix 05-02-2021
05:13 PM PT (US)
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2 May 1953
Postal card mailed aboard the Ramsei-Sumiswald-Huttwil railway destination Zürich.
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retorix 05-01-2021
09:00 AM PT (US)
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 1 May 1911 Embossed postcard mailed aboard Tavannes-Tramelan railway for Marseilles, France. Nice picture of town Swiss currency. Edited 05-01-2021 09:00 AM
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retorix 05-01-2021
08:54 AM PT (US)
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30 April 1903
Letter received from London branch of the National Bank of India, to Zurich [razor cancel].
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