retorix  10-23-2020
08:08 AM PT (US)
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22 October 1913
Postcard posted aboard the Winterthur-Rüti railway, destination Andelfingen.
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retorix 10-21-2020
09:08 AM PT (US)
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21 October 1911
International postcard from Bern to Wasserberg am Inn, Upper Bavaria.
Machine cancelled by an American International Flier machine first used one month earlier to determine quality and usefullnes of an electric machine canceller in Switzerland. The test was successful and more machines were ordered and installed in post offices which processed over 10,000 outgoing pieces of mail per day!
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retorix 10-20-2020
11:19 AM PT (US)
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20 October 1881
Domestic official letter - excerpt from birth certificate - from Reinach to Weinfelden.
Free postage + 10 centimes to collect 50 centimes = total 60 centimes collect.
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retorix 10-19-2020
11:11 AM PT (US)
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19 October 1902
Received Zürich [razor cancel 11.02] 19 October from Pretoria, Tranvaal, mailed 22 September 1902.
Forwarded to Sackingen, Germany, 20 October.
International uprated postal card.�
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retorix 10-18-2020
12:10 PM PT (US)
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18 October 1902
Chicago, USA, 7 October 1902 received Luzern 18 October 1am.
Forwarded from Luzern [razor canceler 8.01] 18 October 5pm to United States Consul, Paris, received 20 October; forwarded to addressee within Paris.
International postcard. �
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retorix 10-17-2020
02:51 PM PT (US)
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17 October 1910
Business postcard from Ermensee for transit aboard the Luzern-Wildegg-Luzern railway to Luzern.
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retorix 10-16-2020
09:49 AM PT (US)
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16 October 1900
Free official letter from the Registery Office Chur [razor canceler] to local officials in Ruschein.
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retorix 10-15-2020
09:11 AM PT (US)
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15 October 1900
UPU postal card Chur to Churwalden.
Type 1 Chur razor canceler used .
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retorix 10-14-2020
09:33 AM PT (US)
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14 October 1874
Uprated postal card pre-UPU from Luzern to Frankfurt, Germany.
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retorix 10-13-2020
08:31 AM PT (US)
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13 October 1911
Postal card mailed at Grosshöchstetten railway station and cancelled on the Thun Burgdorf railway, destination Luzern.
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retorix 10-12-2020
10:18 AM PT (US)
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12 October 1903
International printed matter wrapper from St Gallen to Montevideo, Uruguay.
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retorix 10-11-2020
09:14 AM PT (US)
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11 October 1898
International postal card Bern to Nurnberg, Bavaria.
Second day of use of the first Bern razor canceler.
On October 10 five post offices received razor cancellers - Basel, Bern, Genève, Lausanne, and Neuchâtel.
This Bern device was returned to DeCoppet along with all others on 16 November. Examples from 1898 are difficult to find!
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retorix 10-10-2020
09:06 AM PT (US)
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10 October 1874
Double weight nachnahme letter from Frutigen to Bern.
20 centimes postage plus 10 centimes to collect Fr8.50.
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retorix 10-09-2020
11:00 AM PT (US)
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9 October 1869
Double weight pre-UPU cross-border letter from Geneve to Bains de Divonne, near Gex.
Cross- border rate was 20 centimes at this time.
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retorix 10-09-2020
10:56 AM PT (US)
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8 October 1928
Domestic picture postcard of Tobel located on the Wil-Konstanz-Wil railway, destination Bernhardzell, St Gallen.
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retorix 10-09-2020
10:45 AM PT (US)
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7 October 1899
International printed matter up to 50gms from Ste Croix starting on the Yverdon-Ste Croix railway. Destination Schönwald bei Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg.
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