Classic Swiss Stamps Every Philatelist Should Know About
2020-04-22 Wed
Switzerland was one of the world's first issuers of stamps and the country continues to be one of the most popular philatelic areas. The first issues of Switzerland are called the Cantonals and the first of these was issued in 1846. Switzerland has a federal system of government, similar to the United States in that sovereignty rests with the states which united and set up a constitution governing the relationship between the Federal government and the state governments.In the 1840s the Swiss Cantons were so autonomous that they issued their own postage stamps. Several Cantons issued their own including the Canton of Zurich and Geneva and it wasn't until several years later that Switzerland properly issued its own postage stamps superseding the stamps of the Cantons.
Swiss Cantonal issues illustrate one of the major changes that have taken place in philately in the last fifty years. These stamps are very rare and always have been but in 1960 they were among the great classics of our hobby that every collector aspired to own. Such classics and they exist in many countries, have lost ground in the last half-century to more modern rare stamps, covers, plate blocks and other items that collectors have higher on their list of things that they wished they owned.
Accordingly, the price of such stamps as the Swiss Cantonal has languished and today actually sell for less than they did thirty years ago.
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