retorix  01-23-2020
04:21 PM PT (US)
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23 January 1865
Lausanne to Turin, Italy.
30 centimes pre-UPU rate to Italy.
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retorix 01-22-2020
04:23 PM PT (US)
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22 January 1873
Geneva to Sentier.
Simple domestic letter from a bank.
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retorix 01-21-2020
04:52 PM PT (US)
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21 January 1868
International pre-UPU letter from Chaux-de-Fonds to Paris.
30 centimes prior to 1875 UPU agreements, 25 centimes after.
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retorix 01-20-2020
07:25 AM PT (US)
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20 January 1905
Baulmes, a small village between Yverdon and Ste-Croix, to Monaco cancelled onboard the Yverdon-Ste-Croix railway.
Nice destination.
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retorix 01-19-2020
11:15 AM PT (US)
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19 January 1909
Card from Fleurier cancelled on board the Travers-Buttes train, destination La Chaux-de-Fonds.
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retorix 01-18-2020
01:55 PM PT (US)
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 18 January 1859 Registered letter posted in Grosswangen, transit Luzern, to Baar. Total distance 60 Km. 10 centimes postage plus 10 centimes registration. Red squiggles upper right was standard Luzern marking for registered items. This was refused in Baar, see writing "nicht angenommen" [not accepted] in lower left underlined in red crayon. Baar is crossed out in red ink, and the letter was returned to Grosswangen. Edited 01-18-2020 01:55 PM
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retorix 01-17-2020
10:05 AM PT (US)
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17 January 1881
International letter from Zürich to Budapest [Austria].
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retorix 01-16-2020
09:48 AM PT (US)
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16 January 1877
Registered local letter [under 10km] from Nidau to Safnern via Bienne backstamped 16 January.
5 centimes postage plus 20 centimes registration.
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retorix 01-15-2020
09:46 AM PT (US)
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15 January 1909
Zürich Fahrpost [razor cancel] to collect Fr2.40 from subscriber in Walzenhausen.
Strictly for the birds.
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retorix 01-14-2020
10:25 AM PT (US)
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14 January 1874
Geneve to London international printed matter rate.
Postcards were not accepted at a reduced rate to England pre-UPU, so this card with no writing on the reverse was sent as printed matter. There is only a Basel transit date stamp in the reverse side.
The H. Werninck company was a stamp business established by a very young man and his brother who wanted to become stamp dealers. Due to being under 21 years old they were not allowed to open a business in their home town of Leipzig. They went on to publish philatelic price lists and brochures for many years.
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retorix 01-14-2020
10:20 AM PT (US)
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13 January 1938
Postal card to Clarens cancelled aboard the Montreux-Zweisimmen railway.
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retorix 01-12-2020
03:31 PM PT (US)
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12 January 1911
Post card sent from Geneva to In Salah, Algeria via Biskra, arriving February 3.
If you google In Salah, you will discover that htis card travelled into a very remote area of the Sahara, even today I think one would call it an adventure.
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retorix 01-11-2020
01:57 PM PT (US)
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11 January - Two items addressed to Aarau
1868 - Domestic letter from Zürich
1894 - International postal card from Vimiero, Portugal.
Vimiero was the site of a very famous battle between British and French armies in 1808.
All cancelers on these two items were made by Güller.
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retorix 01-10-2020
09:51 AM PT (US)
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10 January 1869
St Gallen to Kaltbrunn. Some post offices still used date slug cancelers. This letter is dated 3 years after the first issue of date wheel devices and is a Main District Office which is all the more remarkable.
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retorix 01-09-2020
11:57 AM PT (US)
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9 January 1922
International letter cancelled aboard the Lausanne-Bercher railway destination Chislehurst, England.
c/o Mrs Russell who was the wife of a very successful coal mechant in the area.
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