Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Keywords
Swiss American Historical Society, book review
Abstract
Paul Mirabaud and Alex de Reuterskiold, The Postage Stamps o f Switzerland 1843-1862, Paris, 1899 . Reprint by Quarterman Publications, Inc., 5 South Union Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts 01843, 1975. $35.00.
Quarterman Publications provides the following description: "The Postage Stamps of Switzerland was originally published in 1899 in a limited edition of which only 150 copies were in English. Chapters on the various Cantonal issues, the transitional Hayone [sic: should be Rayons), and the seated Helvetias are among those Mirabaud, and his colleague Baron Alex de Reuterskiold, assembled from information obtained from the existing literature a well as the records and documents in postal archives in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern and Germany. In addition to the extensive material on the stamps themselves, almost one-half of the work is devoted to the postal markings found on the 1843-1854 issues. . . .
Recommended Citation
Meier, H. K.
(1977)
"Book Review: "The Postage Stamps of Switzerland 1843-1862","
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol13/iss1/11