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–> Next AHPS Member meeting 9 November – Eric Scherer “Usages of Swiss Reply Cards in International Mail“
–> 2025 AHPS -participating and sponsored show info
–> WESTPEX 2025 April 25- 27, 2025 will host the AHPS annual meeting.
–> BERNABA 2025 May 14-17, 2025. THE big Swiss stamp show that runs every few years.
–> Member meeting videos moved here, or from the SERVICES menu
–> Final round of 2024 Swiss stamps now posted
–> Newest Swiss Stamps are on Stamp Show under Home
The American Helvetia Philatelic Society (AHPS) is the largest group of collectors of Swiss stamps outside Switzerland. The current organization dates from 1975 but traces its lineage to 1938, when six Swiss and three Americans founded the original Society for Collectors of Switzerland in Philadelphia.
Today the AHPS offers a full range of services to some 200+ collectors and researchers located primarily in the United States, but also in Canada, Great Britain and Switzerland. Interests range from new issues, rarer stamps, errors, cancels, postal history research, and international exhibitions.
Our introductory Swiss stamp album can be found here.
Our Guide to Swiss Stamps can be found here.
Our guide to Disposing of a Collection can be found here.
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Zurich 4
1 March 1843
Zurich 6
1 March 1843
Geneva
1 October 1843
Basel Dove
1 July 1845
Canton Geneva
22 October 1849
Canton Geneva
22 January 1850
Winterthur
25 February 1850
Neuenburg
9 August 1851