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Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Authors

H. K. Meier

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. . . .

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