retorix  08-20-2019
11:32 AM PT (US)
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20 August 1906
Razor cancel receiver Geneve Rue Du Stand [6.05] from New York, 10 August 1906;
received Geneve Facteurs (mail carrier), 19 August 1906;
received Geneve Rue du Stand, 20 August 1906;
forwarded to Bellevue (district of Geneve), 22 August 1906;
returned to New York, USA.
International letter.�
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retorix 08-19-2019
06:28 PM PT (US)
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 19 August 1905 From Guntakal, India [31 July] to Aarau, received 19 August. Sea post transit date stamp 5 August. Edited 08-19-2019 06:30 PM
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retorix 08-19-2019
06:26 PM PT (US)
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18 August 1899
Uprated postal card from Waterbury, Conn, USA [Aug 7] to Aarau received 18 August.
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retorix 08-17-2019
06:26 PM PT (US)
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17 August 1907
Lausanne Consig. Mess. [razor cancel] to La Sallaz. Collect fee for Fr10.00 plus 12 centimes postage.
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retorix 08-16-2019
09:55 PM PT (US)
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16 August 1901
Two special event souvenirs.
Top - Vevey Exposition to Geneva.
Bottom - Basel Austellungen to Étréchy, France.
Both cancelers were made by deCoppet for the special puirpose of the public to see his new invention in action at the expo post offices.
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retorix 08-15-2019
10:51 AM PT (US)
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15 August 1901
London, England, to Oxford 16 August, forwarded and received Celerina 19 August.
G.B. printed matter 5th weight class 2 1/2d.
Rated 1st class when forwarded to Celerina. Weight 230gm @ 25 centimes per 15 gm = 3.75Fr due.�
Philosophy professor Schiller refused to pay 3.75Fr postage due for a bulky printed matter envelope forwarded to him in Celerina. [Put into perspective, full pension at his hotel was 8-10Fr per day.] After the item was returned to the sender in London, it would be remailed to him in Oxford at the original printed matter rate of 2 1/2d. �
Refusé label probably not available, population Celerina 1900 = 341.
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retorix 08-14-2019
02:49 PM PT (US)
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14 August 1866
Domestic letter sent from Luzern to Besazio near Mendrisio. A very early use of the new Güller rotating date wheel canceller.
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retorix 08-14-2019
12:17 AM PT (US)
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13 August 1902
Nice Basel razor cancel used on postcard to Oberried, Kirchzarten, Germany.
The sender obtained the card at the Hotel und Pension Hohfluh, Meiringen, and probaby mailed it outside the train station in Basel before crossing into Germany!
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retorix 08-12-2019
12:41 PM PT (US)
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 12 August 1964 Interesting informational label from 1964. During 1964 Switzerland transitioned to using 4 digit postal codes, this was the primary reason Güller lost the contract to make Swiss cancellers - the company couldn't make the huge number needed in such a short time with the new post codes within the design of the canceller. This example from the Trucial States to Bern shows that not everyone was up to date during this transition period! The sender used the old "Bern 9" zone number and the label reminds the addressee to notify their correspondents that henceforth 4 digit post codes were required. The interesting point is the Bern date stamp used to tie the label to the letter was an old date stamp without the new code! We can see that Zone 9 was changed to Bern 3000. I'm sure there are many more items with this label, but I like having one from the Trucial States! Edited 08-12-2019 12:42 PM
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retorix 08-12-2019
12:34 PM PT (US)
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11 August 1903
Postcard mailed with Swedish stamp in Christiania, Norway. Norwegian stamp added, 8 August, to pay for international postcard rate to St Gallen, Switzerland. Received 11 August.
Swedish stamp has blue pencil indicating invalid stamp.
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retorix 08-11-2019
12:01 AM PT (US)
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10 August 1912
Zurich, Hirslanden district office, to Malters, refused collection of Fr1.12.
Inscribed "Refusé: T. Blatter"
2 centimes postage 10 centimes to collect under Fr10.
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retorix 08-09-2019
02:33 PM PT (US)
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9 August 1907
Geneve Rue du Stand razor cancel to Alexandria Bay, NY, which is on the St Lawrence River, forwarded to Smithville, Wayne County, Indiana. Received August 20.
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retorix 08-08-2019
01:06 PM PT (US)
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8 August 1900
Uprated 5 centimes UPU commemorative postal card from Lausanne to Jules Turrian, Prilouki, Russia [modern Pryluky, Ukraine]. Note card was mailed 8 August and arrived 31 July 1900 [Julian calendar]!
Of interest is information found online about Swiss artist Emile-David Turrian, Jule's brother. There are two letters from Jules to his Uncle describing his situation in Russia circa 1905 and 1911 -
http://www.histoirevalleedejoux.ch/documen...ar%20Turrian%20.pdf
The final paragraph of the article gives us this – . . ."He died of illness with several of his family in 1917. The revolution had not spared him.
Nevertheless, he had the opportunity to return at least twice to the village of Le Séchey, which he had loved so much, the home of part of the family to the Vallée de Joux. The only survivor of the debacle was his daughter Natacha, born in 1891, who settled in Lausanne in 1944. She died there in 1957.
Learing this story adds to the purely philatelic aspect of collecting postal history!
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retorix 08-07-2019
02:24 PM PT (US)
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7 August 1878
Basel to Amsterdam received 8 August.
UPU international post card rate was 10 centimes. I believe this is overpaid 5 centimes.
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retorix 08-06-2019
08:16 PM PT (US)
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6 August 1906
Geneve Rue Du Stand razor cancel [ 6.05]
Received Cairo 13 August; transit Gisa 13 August; misdirected via Faiyum-Cairo TPO 14 August; returned to Gisa 14 August; received Boulac-el-Dacrour 14 August.
International printed matter.
This was the only razor canceler manufactured by Güller & Cie. The device was delivered to the post office in November, 1904. It replaced the earlier deCoppet device removed from service in October 1903. Güller had been making Fleuron cancelers since December 1903 so there was no obvious reason for this device to be made in this style. The test was over and deCoppet didn't make it!
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retorix 08-05-2019
12:35 PM PT (US)
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5 August 1895
International letter from Titisee, Germany [ a resort] to Hotel Schweizerhof, Luzern. Postage due probably paid by hotel since it is likely to be a room request from a guest travelling from Germany to Switzerland.
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