Swiss Philatelist Article Index Archive

You are welcome to download these PDF issues of the Swiss Philatelist beginning with Number 1, Summer 1951 through the final issue, Number 91, 1986.   (Please note, each file is ~1-2MB so please allow time for download. PDFs were produced with software current in 2008 and may not be compatible with earlier versions of Acrobat Reader.):

1900 U.P.U. 1st and 2nd Printing Identification                                                   1959 Autumn-Winter

1924 U.P.U.                                                                                                                                      1986

2nd Atomic Conference Issue                                                                                            1958 Autumn

Albert E. Thill Revenue Collection                                                                                                   1974

Alpine Postal Coaches                                                                                                        1953 Autumn

Alpine Postal Coaches                                                                                               1956 Winter-Spring

Booklets: 1904-1936                                                                                                                         1974

Bundesfeier National Festival Cards                                                                 1964/65 Autumn-Winter

Buying Swiss Stamps for You                                                                                            1955 Autumn

Cancellations – Modern Dateless in Switzerland                                                    1965 Spring-Summer

Cantonal Bern Revenues                                                                                                                   1980

Catalogue Reviews 1960                                                                                        1959 Autumn-Winter

Changed Colors for 1941 Historicals                                                                                 1958 Autumn

Control Marks – Useful Hints for Identification                                               1964/65 Autumn-Winter

Courvoisier Part 1                                                                                                   1954 Spring-Summer

Courvoisier Part 2                                                                                                               1954 Autumn

Cross and Figures Issues of Switzerland 1882-1907 Part 1                                                 1952 Winter

Cross and Figures Issues of Switzerland 1882-1907 Part 2                                                  1953 Spring

Custom Cancels                                                                                                                                1982

Development of Swiss Postmarks & Cancellations                                                                          1968

E&F Thin Paper Strubels                                                                                                                  1979

Etiquette for the Auction Room                                                                             1964 Spring-Summer

Europa 1957 Series                                                                                                 1959 Autumn-Winter

Fabulous Courvoisier – Stamp Printers to the World                                                                        1978

Federal Revenue Stamps                                                                                                                   1984

Fête des Vignerons                                                                                                             1955 Summer

First Swiss Tête Bêche Pair                                                                                                   1960 Spring

Focus on the Swiss Post Office                                                                                             1952 Spring

Folk Customs 40c Stamp Forged                                                                                                      1984

Forgeries of Cross Overprint Officials 10c Purple                                                                1951 Winter

Franchise Stamps                                                                                                                              1967

“Guarded Train” Mail                                                                                                                        1979

“Guarded Train” Mail follow-up                                                                                                       1980

Ghost Flaws – Price Updates                                                                                                            1971

Ghost Flaws on Courvoisier Prints                                                                         1961 Autumn-Winter

Helvetia Bust Issues 1907 – 1914                                                                           1962 Spring-Summer

High Value Set 1938/1956                                                                                                 1961 Summer

High Values Symbolic Designs 1938-1956                                                                                      1970

Hotel Post Discoveries                                                                                                                      1978

Hotel Stamps – Recent Discoveries                                                                                                   1968

In Search of Variety Part 1                                                                                       1955 Winter-Spring

In Search of Variety Part 2                                                                                                 1955 Summer

In Search of Variety Part 3                                                                                                 1955 Autumn

In Search of Variety Part 4                                                                                                 1957 Autumn

In Search of Variety Part 5                                                                                                    1958 Spring

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi – “The Man Behind Ladybird”                                                              1986

Jura Industrial: Fiscal Stamps?                                                                                                          1982

Kocher Stamps                                                                                                        1965 Spring-Summer

Landscapes and Industry 1949 20c Dies 1 and 2                                                               1951 Autumn

Lugano Air Mail Issue of 1913                                                                                                         1972

LUNABA 1951                                                                                                                  1951 Autumn

Maderanerthal                                                                                                                                   1968

Mail on the Lake of Zurich                                                                                                               1984

Miniature Sheets – Why are they so Scarce?                                                          1961 Autumn-Winter

“Mounting” the Matterhorn                                                                                                               1966

National Costumes on Stamps Part 1                                                                                 1952 Summer

National Costumes on Stamps Part 2                                                                                    1952 Winter

New Designs for B.I.E.                                                                                                      1958 Autumn

New Designs for O.M.M and B.I.T.                                                                    1956 Summer-Autumn

New Issues                                                                                                              1963 Spring-Summer

New Issues 1960                                                                                                                   1960 Spring

New Issues 1961                                                                                                    1961 Autumn-Winter

New Issues 1962                                                                                                     1962 Spring-Summer

New Issues 1963                                                                                                    1963 Autumn-Winter

New Issues 1963/64                                                                                          1963/64 Autumn-Winter

New Issues 1964                                                                                                     1964 Spring-Summer

New Issues 1964/65                                                                                          1964/65 Autumn-Winter

New Issues 1965                                                                                                     1965 Spring-Summer

New Issues 1966                                                                                                                               1966

New Issues 1967                                                                                                                               1967

New Issues 1968                                                                                                                               1968

New Issues 1969                                                                                                                               1969

New Issues 1970                                                                                                                               1970

New Issues 1971                                                                                                                               1971

New Issues 1972                                                                                                                               1972

New Issues 1973                                                                                                                               1973

New Issues 1974                                                                                                                               1974

New Issues 1975                                                                                                                               1975

New Paper Varieties on 20c Tell                                                                             1957 Spring-Summer

New Swiss Portrait Stamps as an Expression of Contemporary Art                                                1970

Numeral 63A Tête Bêche Pair Discovery                                                                                         1976

Old Swiss Currencies                                                                                           1956 Summer-Autumn

Perfin Plus                                                                                                                                         1970

Performance of Swiss Stamps is Breathtaking                                                                                 1975

Philatelic Crimes of the Past                                                                                                             1980

Phosphor Stamps – How to Identify Them                                                       1964/65 Autumn-Winter

Phosphor Stamps for Switzerland                                                                     1963/64 Autumn-Winter

Pioneer Air Mail Issues Part 1                                                                                 1957 Spring-Summer

Pioneer Air Mail Issues Part 1                                                                                            1957 Autumn

Postage Due Stamps 1878 -1909 Part 1                                                                             1961 Summer

Postage Due Stamps 1878 -1909 Part 2                                                                 1961 Autumn-Winter

Postage Due Stamps 1878 -1909 Part 3                                                                  1962 Spring-Summer

Postage Dues of Switzerland                                                                                                            1986

Postage Dues Part 1                                                                                                            1953 Summer

Postage Dues Part 2                                                                                                            1953 Autumn

Postage Stamp Design                                                                                                           1952 Spring

“Postal Runner” Coils                                                                                                         1961 Summer

Postmark Forgeries on Sitting Helvetias                                                                1959 Autumn-Winter

Postmarks and Cancellations Part 1                                                                                    1951 Summer

Postmarks and Cancellations Part 2                                                                                    1951 Autumn

Postmarks and Cancellations Part 3                                                                                      1951 Winter

Price Craze                                                                                                                                        1968

Pro Juventute 1951                                                                                                             1951 Autumn

Pro Juventute 1952                                                                                                               1952 Winter

Pro Juventute 1953                                                                                                             1953 Autumn

Pro Juventute 1954                                                                                                             1954 Autumn

Pro Juventute 1955                                                                                                    1956 Winter-Spring

Pro Juventute 1956                                                                                               1956 Summer-Autumn

Pro Juventute 1958                                                                                                    1959 Winter-Spring

Pro Juventute 1959                                                                                                 1959 Autumn-Winter

Pro Juventute 1960                                                                                                             1961 Summer

Pro Patria 1952                                                                                                                      1952 Spring

Pro Patria 1953                                                                                                                   1953 Summer

Pro Patria 1954                                                                                                        1954 Spring-Summer

Pro Patria 1955                                                                                                                   1955 Summer

Pro Patria 1956                                                                                                     1956 Summer-Autumn

Pro Patria 1957                                                                                                        1957 Spring-Summer

Pro Patria 1958                                                                                                                   1958 Summer

Pro Patria 1959                                                                                                          1959 Winter-Spring

Pro Patria 1960                                                                                                                   1960 Summer

Pro Patria 1961                                                                                                                   1961 Summer

Proofs & Essays 1843-1882                                                                                                              1984

Proofs & Essays Part 1                                                                                                                      1968

Proofs & Essays Part 2                                                                                                                      1970

Proofs & Essays Part 3                                                                                                                      1971

Proofs & Essays Part 4                                                                                                                      1973

Proofs & Essays Part 5                                                                                                                      1974

Proofs & Essays Part 6                                                                                                                      1975

Proofs & Essays Part 7                                                                                                                      1978

Proofs & Essays Part 8                                                                                                                      1980

Proofs and the Collector                                                                                                                   1968

Proofs of the 1882 Numerals                                                                                                            1969

Publicity Stamps 1955                                                                                               1955 Winter-Spring

Publicity Stamps 1959                                                                                               1959 Winter-Spring

Quality – An Attempt to Classify Condition                                                                        1954 Winter

Raclette: Odds and Ends Related to Collecting Swiss Revenue Stamps                                         1984

Railway and Related Cancellations                                                                        1964 Spring-Summer

Red Cross Frank Stamps                                                                                                                   1980

Registration Labels of Switzerland                                                                                                   1969

Revalued Stamps Part 1                                                                                    1963/64 Autumn-Winter

Revalued Stamps Part 2                                                                                          1964 Spring-Summer

Revenue Page 1979                                                                                                                           1979

Revenue Page 1980                                                                                                                           1980

Revenue Stamps of Basel City Part 1                                                                                               1976

Revenue Stamps of Basel City Part 2                                                                                               1978

Revenues? Yes!                                                                                                                                 1975

Swiss UPU 1900 – The René Gees Plating Collection                                                                      1976

Semi Specializing in Swiss Stamps Part 1                                                                 1956 Winter-Spring

Semi Specializing in Swiss Stamps Part 2                                                            1956 Summer-Autumn

Semi Specializing in Swiss Stamps Part 3                                                               1957 Spring-Summer

Schaffhausen Unemployment Insurance Revenues                                                                          1982

Short Introduction to Swiss Classics                                                                      1963 Spring-Summer

Sitting Helvetia – Perforated Issue of 1862-1882                                                                             1966

Sitting Helvetia 1F Proof                                                                                  1964/65 Autumn-Winter

Soldier Stamps                                                                                                                    1952 Summer

Spannörter 1972 20c – An Issue is Born                                                                                           1974

Stamp Prices Never Really Fall                                                                                                         1966

STAMPEX 1969                                                                                                                               1969

Stamps in Depressions                                                                                                        1954 Autumn

Stamps of Swiss Hotels                                                                                                                    1982

Stamps of the 1951 Bundesfeier                                                                                        1951 Summer

Stamps on Old Iron                                                                                                1961 Autumn-Winter

Standing Helvetia – Large Plate Flaws of the 50c                                                                            1979

Standing Helvetia (From SBZ)                                                                                                         1975

Standing Helvetia 1882-1908                                                                                                           1967

Standing Helvetia 89B 40Cts. Type II                                                                                             1986

Standing Helvetias Perforations                                                                                                       1986

Swiss Folk Customs on Stamps                                                                                                        1986

Swiss Hotel Stamps Part 1                                                                                                    1954 Winter

Swiss Hotel Stamps Part 2                                                                                      1954 Spring-Summer

Swiss Market in Swiss Stamps – What is Value?                                                                              1970

Swiss Military Stamps 1939/45                                                                                                         1973

Swiss Postal Agencies Abroad Part 1                                                                    1963 Autumn-Winter

Swiss Postal Agencies Abroad Part 2                                                                     1963 Spring-Summer

Swiss Printing Inks                                                                                                             1960 Summer

Swiss Publicity 1956                                                                                                 1956 Winter-Spring

Swiss Publicity 1957                                                                                               1957 Spring-Summer

Swiss Publicity 1958                                                                                                             1958 Spring

Swiss Publicity Stamps                                                                                                         1954 Winter

Swiss Stamp Shortage Booms Prices                                                                                  1958 Autumn

Swiss Telecommunications 100 Years                                                                                  1951 Winter

Swiss Tête Bêche and Sé-Tenant Stamps                                                                           1951 Summer

Switzerland – Background Story of 1960-68 Monuments Series Part 1                                           1971

Switzerland – Background Story of 1960-68 Monuments Series Part 2                                           1972

Switzerland – Go and See                                                                                       1965 Spring-Summer

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 1                                                               1958 Summer

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 2                                                               1958 Autumn

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 3                                                      1959 Winter-Spring

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 4                                                   1959 Autumn-Winter

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 5                                                                  1960 Spring

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 6                                                               1960 Summer

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 7                                                               1961 Summer

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 8                                                   1961 Autumn-Winter

Switzerland UPU 25th Anniversary 1900 Part 10                                                 1963 Autumn-Winter

Switzerland’s Leading Stamp Designers Part 1                                                                     1953 Spring

Switzerland’s Leading Stamp Designers Part 2                                                                  1953 Summer

Switzerland’s Rarest Stamp – The 5c “Rayed Star”                                                                          1980

Switzerland’s T.P.O. Issues                                                                                                1951 Summer

T-Dues 104 Years Old                                                                                                                      1980

Trans-Atlantic Flow Will Reverse if US Buyers don’t Bid Higher                        1961 Autumn-Winter

Twenty Years of Market Progress                                                                                                    1972

U.P.U. 1900 – Flaws and Retouches on 5c Type 10                                                                         1984

United Nations 10 Years                                                                                                    1955 Autumn

Unrecorded Swiss Hotel Stamp Comes to Light                                                   1963 Autumn-Winter

Walter Mittelholzer                                                                                                                           1978

White Roof Varieties 1941-1955 Air Mail 50c Part 1                                                           1958 Spring

White Roof Varieties 1941-1955 Air Mail 50c Part 2                                                        1958 Summer

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 1                                                                                               1968

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 2                                                                                               1969

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 3                                                                                               1970

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 4                                                                                               1973

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 5                                                                                               1974

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 6                                                                                               1975

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 7                                                                                               1982

Who’s Who on Swiss Stamps – Part 8                                                                                               1984

William Tell Bust Issues 1914 – 1934                                                                     1962 Spring-Summer

William Tell Chapels                                                                                               1963 Autumn-Winter

William Tell Issue 1914                                                                                      1963/64 Autumn-Winter