Switzerland Covers, show us yours!

I got this cover recently from a fellow collector/friend at a stamp club swap meet.  Although the rear is missing the top flap I think it is a beauty!

My 1993 Zumstein catalogues this (on cover, not a FDC) at Fr 375.00 while valued at Fr 300.00 as a used single.   I like the unusual destination as well!

There's something magical, dare I say enchanting, about the stamps and postal history of Switzerland!  Ever since I was a young collector the beautifully produced issues from the alpine nation have inspired me seek out more and more, especially when they are "on cover".  

Fortunately for my sake-as well as other awe-struck collectors--the Swiss have produced many philatelic beauties ever since the early days of philately.  I'm not talking about, nor denigrating the collection of "First Day Covers" but rather the usually unofficial, or locally sanctioned, or private covers produced (some say contrived) purely for the sake of creating some sort of momento or celebration of almost any kind of event, however remotely connected it may be to official Swiss philately. 

Many covers commemorate "First Flights" or other aerial philatelic milestones, and most are rather plentiful and thus affordable. Every once in a while I run across something a little more unusual or historically intriguing, and it often finds  its way into my postal history collection.  This thread will feature some of those, and other captivating covers. 






This cover commemorates one of the many hundreds, if not thousands, of Conventions hosted by, or convened in, Switzerland.  I was especially drawn to the stamp dealer it was addressed to; what were the circumstances or possible connection Atlas Stamp Company had to this historic conference?  Was it simply a matter of anticipating or cashing in on collector interest in Swiss stamps or special covers?  Did Atlas Stamp Company actually have offices in Lugano?  

And of course the central question, answerable with a few quick keystrokes and help from an ever-present search engine, what was the Montreux Convention Regarding the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt  all about, anyway?

So many questions, all because of one cover, dis-covered by a curious collector over eighty years later.....


--Jim Wentzell
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The Michel Schweiz-Spezial 2017/2018 catalogue list it at €250,- on cover.

Great looking and nice to include in a collection.






I got this cover recently from a fellow collector/friend at a stamp club swap meet.  Although the rear is missing the top flap I think it is a beauty!

My 1993 Zumstein catalogues this (on cover, not a FDC) at Fr 375.00 while valued at Fr 300.00 as a used single.   I like the unusual destination as well!
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here's one I did keep from that batch a year ago.
A 1948 first day cover including dated selvage.



I think I've posted this elsewhere here.

Can someone tell me what I have here and an idea of value?  Thanks JeffS

I guess it's a bill issued by a colours factory in Muntz (canton of Basel-land) to a drugstore in the city of Basel, for an order. A nice Switzerland postal history item.

I do not have any SUISSE covers 
René

A Registered package from Courvousier printers in La Chaux-de-Fonds to a customer in England who had purchased (or was it gifted?) a copy of the Courvoisier book that I showed here. A Helio Courvoisier label is attched with a registered label and an airmail label. Courvoisier tape is still attached on the right. The package bears 3 stamps, at least one of which was printed by them in 1983. The postmarks are for 1983.