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VOL . XXXII, NUMBER 5 SEPTEMBER 2006 American Helvetia Philatelic Society The Other Pro Juventute Items : Post Cards by Richard T . Hall Americans are used to commercials touting pork as "the other white meat" . Well, I'm going to tout "the other Pro Juventute items" . The other Pro Juventute items are those not listed in Zumstein or most other catalogs ; they are the Pro Juventute post cards and the Pro Juventute Brieflis (or small envelopes) . Both of these items date from the earliest days of the Pro Juventute stamps, the post cards from 1912 and the Brieflis from 1926. Let's begin with the Pro Juventute cards ; the Briefli will be the subject of another article . The cards were issued between 1912 and 1960 . The only catalogs I know of listing these items are the green 1979 Tanner Spezial-Katalog Schweiz and the 1984 Ersttag- und Spezialkatalog Schweiz- Liechtenstein-UNO Genf by Hans Schwarzenbach, both long out of print . The Tanner catalog evaluates these cards as mint, used, or used with Pro Juventute franking . The Schwarzenbach catalog breaks down the used values into used with ordinary franking, used with incorrect Pro Juventute franking (for example, a 1915 card franked with a 1916 Pro Juventute stamp), and used with correct Pro Juventute franking. The Pro Juventute cards featured paintings by Swiss artists . Between 1912 and 1925 (except for 1918 and 1924) there were two series issued each year . After 1925 only one series was issued each year . The mint cards are not expensive – they range in (1984) catalog value between 3 and 15 SFr. Used with the proper Pro Juventute franking range in (1984) catalog value between 15 and 225 Sfr. (plus the catalog value of the Pro Juventute stamp itself). There were 299 of these cards issued over the years . Table I is a listing of these 299 cards by year with the artist(s) and picture listed . Note that the cards themselves are not dated so the only way you can determine the year of issue of one is by the artist/picture . The cards are printed in full color, unless the original work was in pen and ink . I'll show a sampling of the cards but since TELL is printed in black and white, you can't really appreciate the beauty of the cards. Figure 1 shows the front and back of PJ card #35, issued in 1915, "Vacherie Lintz près Villars" by E .E . Schlatter . Note the correct usage of the 5c + 5c Appenzeller Boy Pro Juventute issue of 1915 (Zumstein WI 2). The card is cancelled Niederlenz (Aargau) December 22, 1915 and is addressed to Pratteln in Basel-Land. The cards, as mentioned above, were issued in series . Each series was packaged either in an envelope with an inserted brochure giving a brief write-up of the artist ' s life in German, French, and Italian, or in a wrapper . (Continued on page 11)

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VOL. XXXII, NUMBER 5

SEPTEMBER 2006

American HelvetiaPhilatelic Society

The Other Pro Juventute Items : Post Cardsby Richard T. Hall

Americans are used to commercials touting pork as "the other white meat" . Well, I'm going to

tout "the other Pro Juventute items" . The other Pro Juventute items are those not listed in Zumstein

or most other catalogs ; they are the Pro Juventute post cards and the Pro Juventute Brieflis (or small

envelopes) . Both of these items date from the earliest days of the Pro Juventute stamps, the post

cards from 1912 and the Brieflis from 1926.

Let's begin with the Pro Juventute cards ; the Briefli will be the subject of another article . The

cards were issued between 1912 and 1960 . The only catalogs I know of listing these items are the

green 1979 Tanner Spezial-Katalog Schweiz and the 1984 Ersttag- und Spezialkatalog Schweiz-Liechtenstein-UNO Genf by Hans Schwarzenbach, both long out of print . The Tanner catalog

evaluates these cards as mint, used, or used with Pro Juventute franking. The Schwarzenbach

catalog breaks down the used values into used with ordinary franking, used with incorrect ProJuventute franking (for example, a 1915 card franked with a 1916 Pro Juventute stamp), and usedwith correct Pro Juventute franking.

The Pro Juventute cards featured paintings by Swiss artists. Between 1912 and 1925 (except

for 1918 and 1924) there were two series issued each year . After 1925 only one series was issued each

year .

The mint cards are not expensive – they range in (1984) catalog value between 3 and 15 SFr.

Used with the proper Pro Juventute franking range in (1984) catalog value between 15 and 225 Sfr.(plus the catalog value of the Pro Juventute stamp itself). There were 299 of these cards issued overthe years. Table I is a listing of these 299 cards by year with the artist(s) and picture listed. Notethat the cards themselves are not dated so the only way you can determine the year of issue of one is

by the artist/picture .

The cards are printed in full color, unless the original work was inpen and ink. I'll show a sampling of the cards but since TELL is printed in

black and white, you can't really appreciate the beauty of the cards.

Figure 1 shows the front and back of PJ card #35, issued in 1915,"Vacherie Lintz près Villars" by E.E . Schlatter. Note the correct usage of

the 5c + 5c Appenzeller Boy Pro Juventute issue of 1915 (Zumstein WI 2).

The card is cancelled Niederlenz (Aargau)

December 22, 1915 and is addressed toPratteln in Basel-Land.

The cards, as mentioned above, wereissued in series . Each series was packagedeither in an envelope with an inserted

brochure giving a brief write-up of theartist 's life in German, French, and Italian,or in a wrapper .

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ContentsThe Other Pro Juventute Items : Post Cards by Richard T. Hall 1President's Message 3Harlan Stone Wins Luff Award 3AHPS Annual Meeting at St. Louis Expo 4Liechtenstudy Group Revives 4New AHPS Publication 4Swiss Exhibit Results at WASHINGTON 2006 5Swiss Philatelic Research: AHPS, WPL, and WESTPEX 2006 5Catalog Review : Zumstein's "Sonderstempel Schweiz" (Catalogue of Swiss

Special Cancellations), 2006 edition by Richard T. Hall 6Letter to the Editor by Lewis Draper 8Matterhorn Meanderings by Richard T. Hall 9

American Helvetia Philatelic SocietyELECTED OFFICERS 2003-2004

APPOINTED OFFICERSPresident Treasurer

TELL Editor Publicity ChairmanWilliam R . Lucas Harry C. Winter

George Struble Awards Chairman8912 Pinnacle Peak Rd ., 614 Westwood Avenue

210 18th St . NE Harlan F . StonePM Box 559 Ann Arbor, MI 48103-Salem, OR 97301-4316 (see column 1)

Scottsdale, AZ 85255 3557

Home : 503-364-3929Home: 480-342-9739 Home: 734-761-5859

gstruble@willamette .edu [email protected] harwin@umich .edu Bruce Marsden

TELL Associate Editor(see column 3)Steven S . Weston

Past President Regional Director West P.O . Box 868David E . Durham Donn Lueck REPRESENTATIVESDel Mar CA 92014-0868149 Ontario St . P . O. Box 11582 Union of Swiss760-752-7812Honeoye Falls, NY Phoenix, AZ 85061 Philatelic Societies

14472-1139 Home: 602-841-1322

Circuit Sales Manager Ralph Soderbergdedur@aol .com donn3@earthlink .net

Emil L. Tobler P .O . Box 36067P.O. Box 26 Grosse Pointe Woods,

Vice-President Regional Director Central

Bradford RI 02808 MI 48236Harlan F. Stone Michael Peter

Home: 401-377-2238 Home: 313-885-4125P.O. Box 770334 P 0 Box 50256

Swissboy3@netzero .com

Woodside NY 11377 St. Louis, MO 63105 American PhilatelicHome: 718-478-2374 314-725-6800

Auction Manager Societyhfstone@rcn .com Jellyjars4@aol .com

Gordon Trotter Ernest L. Bergman10626 Fable Row 1421 Harris St.

Regional Director East

Columbia, MD 21044Secretary & LibrarianRichard T . Hall Helen Galatan-Stone

Phone : 410-730-7936 State College, PA 16803

P.O . Box 15053 P .O. Box 770334

Fax: 410-740-7215 814-238-0164

Asheville, NC 28813 Woodside NY 11377

trotters2@verizon .net elb3@psu .edu

Home : 828-681-0581 Home : 718-478-2374 Slide Chairman Liechtenstudy [email protected] .edu hfstone@rcn .com Bruce Marsden Paul Tremaine

20 Whitney Road P.O. Box 601

AHPS Website : http://www.swiss-stamps.org Short Hills, NJ 07078 Dundee, OR 97115Home: 973-218-9774 editor@liechtenstudy .orgOffice : 212-804-3619bmarsden@bellatlantic .net

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President's MessageI am pleased to report that "LIECHTEN-

STUDY USA" is very much alive and doing well.In January 2006 Paul Tremaine became Editor/Publisher of the Liechtenstudy newsletter.

Paul reports that they now have about 75

members, up from 41 in January . A new website was mounted in April . It is a work in pro-

gress, but already has the old issues of the news-letter scanned and available to the members.The web site is www .liechtenstudy.org. Check itout .

See the article on page 4 about thegroup . And consider a membership!

Bill

Harlan Stone Wins LuffAward

At the 2006 STAMPSHOW banquet inRosemont, Illinois, on August 26, Harlan Stone

will be one of three distinguished philatelists toreceive the prestigious APS Luff Award . Hisaward is for distinguished philatelic research.

To paraphrase from the announcement in theAugust American Philatelist:

Since 1971 Harlan has shown 19 differ-

ent multi-frame exhibits, 17 of which have re-ceived U.S. national gold medals (along with tengrand awards), and four different one-frameplatinum exhibits (one of which also won the

APS 2002 one-frame Champion of Championsaward) . His most recent achievement was toreceive the APS 2005 multi-frame Champion of

Plan to attend/exhibit at these AHPS Conven-tions and shows:

St. Louis Stamp Expo, February 23-25, 2007 –

St. Louis; contact Michael Peter (see page 2

for addresses).

ROPEX, Spring 2008 – Rochester, NY; contact

David Durham, 149 Ontario St ., Honeoye

Falls, NY 14472, dedur@aol .com

PIPEX, 2009 – Portland, OR ; contact George

Struble, 210 18th St . NE, Salem, OR 97301,gstruble@willamette .edu

Champions award with his exhibit of the perfo-

rated Sitting Helvetia of Switzerland . At the

international level this exhibit has also achievedlarge golds, and he has also received gold orlarge vermeil with four other multi-frame exhib-

its .

Rather than concentrate on a single idea,Harlan's exhibits have been found in five differ-

ent classes or divisions: traditional, postal

history, postal stationery, illustrated mail, and one-frame . An important feature is that each ofthese exhibits has displayed a substantial

amount of new research or showed old researchin a new way.

Harlan has served in virtually every ca-

pacity with the American Helvetia Philatelic So-ciety, with five years as editor, and is currentlyserving as vice president, awards chairman and

publicity chairman. He was elected a lifetime

member of the Consilium Philateliae Helveticae(CPhH) in 2002 in recognition of his promotion

of Swiss philately primarily through hisexhibiting.

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AHPS Annual Meetingat St. Louis Expo

Our next AHPS Convention will be in St.

Louis, in conjunction with the St Louis ExpoFebruary 23-25, 2007 . This is one of the topWSP shows in the country. The hotel is at-tached to the exhibition hall . We will have our

regular Friday afternoon seminar, our Saturdaymorning business meeting, a special AHPS din-ner Friday evening, and a hospitality suite in

the hotel Thursday, Friday, and Saturday eve-nings. The prospectus for the show should becurrent by the time you read this ; find it at the

website www .stlstampexpo.org.

There will be more information in future

TELLs, but you can start planning.

Liechtenstudy GroupRevives

The Liechtenstein Study Group publishesa newsletter quarterly which covers translated

articles from the Ring of Liechtenstein Collec-tors (RLS) as well as in depth study of all itemsrelated to the Principality of Liechtenstein . You

can view over 700 pages of older newsletters onour website at www.liechtenstudy.org Materialfor either the website or the newsletter can be

addressed to [email protected] . Dues are

a low $7.50 per year or $10 .00 for overseas sub-scribers.

Future projects on the website will in-

clude high-resolution scans of errors, essays andfull sheets for plate flaw studies . You can also

see some of the gems of Liechtenstein philately,

as well as adjunct items like coins, wines, lace

and other products of the area. This year our

newsletter has run articles on the customs andholidays of Liechtenstein as well as genealogicalinformation on the family names from the Prin-

cip ality .

Feedback is always welcome, and we arelooking for Mitläufer material that may be in

Swiss collections . Drop us a line and we can

send you the technical specifications . For those

without a computer (or to send a check to join –hint.!) you can write to Paul Tremaine, P .O. Box

601, Dundee, OR 97115-0601.

New AHPS PublicationThe American Helvetia Philatelic Society

is pleased to publish Chuck LaBlonde 's new

book, "The Suspension of United States Mail toSwitzerland 1942 to 1944/1945 – A WW II Postal

History Monograph . " This is a subject that has

baffled postal historians for many years due tolack of sufficient information . After 15 years ofstudy, Chuck found both the necessary covers

and the relevant US Archive information atWashington 2006 to finally solve the mystery.The book documents a number of discoveries,

including first publication of the actual date thatUS mail to Switzerland was stopped . The book

is richly illustrated with covers that clearly showthe fate of the various types of suspended mail.

Retail cost of the book is $20 postpaid in

the US and Canada. But the AHPS is offering

the book to its members at the reduced price of

US $15 postpaid . See the order form enclosed

with this Tell .

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Swiss Exhibit Resultsat WASHINGTON 2006

Richard Schaefer, "The Post of the Republicand Canton Geneva," large gold (96 pointsand special prize).

Hans Zweifel, "Old Stamps of Switzerland1843-1854," gold (93, SP).

Harlan F. Stone, "Switzerland 1862-1883:

The Perforated Sitting Helvetia," gold (93).

Steve Turchik, "Switzerland's ImperforateSitting Helvetias 1854-1863," gold (90).

Greg S . Galletti, "A History of the League ofNations," large vermeil (86).

Robin Startup and Charles LaBlonde, "ThePostal History of World War II Mail be-tween New Zealand and Switzerland," silver

(72).

Charles LaBlonde, "World War II Mail fromSwitzerland to Great Britain, Canada andthe United States," silver (70).

Swiss Philatelic Re-search: AHPS, WPL,and WESTPEX 2006

By Dale Eggen

The Western Philatelic Library (WPL)in Sunnyvale, CA is home to the AmericanHelvetia Philatelic Society's (AHPS) exten-sive bibliography project on a special loanagreement. It consists of over 6000 Swissbibliography cards and over 1000 Liechten-stein cards. A couple of years ago, AHPSmember Chuck LaBlonde made a significantcontribution from his own Swiss philateliclibrary to WPL.

WPL regularly receives inquires fromphilatelists asking for assistance in their re-search. However, WPL is an all volunteereffort, and the amount of time available inproviding assistance is very limited. Morerecently, I have been attempting to volun-teer a few hours each month. Since Swissphilatelic literature is my main collecting

interest, naturally I have been concentratingon the building of WPL's Swiss holdings andhandling the Swiss related inquires to thelibrary .

Not being retired and having manyother responsibilities, my donated time runsaround four hours a month . For example,last month WPL had two Swiss inquiries,each taking about two hours each . There isnot a lot of time left for building and orga-nizing the WPL's Swiss philatelic literature.Once retirement arrives, I certainly hopethat time available will significantly in-crease . Thankfully, other WPL volunteersensure that Swiss donated materials makeit onto the shelves and into the files.

Since AHPS's national meeting thisyear was held "up the street" in San Fran-cisco in conjunction with WESTPEX 2006, Iused the opportunity to solicit donations ofSwiss and Liechtenstein related philatelicliterature to the library . I am ' very pleasedto announce that four people pledged tomake donations, two of which have alreadybeen received and two I need to go pick-uplater this year when I make a trip to South-ern California . One of these was anothervery significant donation from ChuckLaBlonde of our society . Among the materi-

als he donated were (continued on page 8)

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Catalog Review: Zumstein's "SonderstempelSchweiz" (Catalogue of Swiss Special

Cancellations), 2006 editionby Richard T. Hall

It has been 14 years since the last edition waspublished of what was originally the Pén catalogue of

Swiss automobile and special cancels . Zumstein ob-

tained the rights to the Pén publication after Pén'sdeath . As the editor, Christoph Hertsch, says in hisforeword, the 1992 edition has been out of stock for sev-

eral years and the need for a new edition had become ur-gent. With the help of several Swiss cancel experts,including our own Michael Rutherfoord, this new editionis completely updated, reflecting "a relatively large num-

ber of new discoveries ."

The catalogue is printed on standard Europeansized paper, 8¼ x 11¾ inches, and is comb-bound with

heavy, laminated stock for covers . Being comb-bound, it

will lie open to any page, making its use much more con-venient. The format is identical to the 1992 edition ; atypical page from the catalogue shown in Figure 2 on the

next page [some of the bottom was cut off by the scanner.Sorry – Ed .] . The 1992 edition had xvi + 66 pages, thisnew edition xiv + 104!! There is a very well done "Intro-

duction to the Catalogue " in four languages (including

English) which is all you really need to be able to under-stand and use the catalogue.

The first part of the catalogue, the Roman numeral part, is divided into two sections, "Typol-

ogy" and "Summary" . The Typology section illustrates the various types of the standard automobile

post cancel, special machine cancels, Société des Nations cancels, Genève special cancels, WorldHealth Assembly cancels, standard first day cancels, Comptoir Suisse cancels, and a group of miscel-

laneous cancels.

The Summary section lists the recurring special cancels : the International Labor Conferences,

the International Public Instruction Conferences, the UNESCO International Education Conferences,

the Altdorf "Tellspiele", the Geneva "Salon de l'Auto", the Ascona "Settimane Musicali", the Mürren

"Ballonsport-Woche " , the World Meteorological Congresses, the Day of the Stamp, and various special

cancels .

The actual catalogue itself is arranged in chronological order beginning with a cancel used in1850 for the Federal Shooting Match in Geneva all the way up to the NABA Baden first day cancel ofSeptember 7, 2006! Each cancel has six pieces of data associated with it, in addition to the cancel de-

sign itself. In the upper left corner is the catalogue number . In the top center is an indication of a

rubber stamp cachet not canceling the stamp. At the top right is the catalogue value in Swiss francs.

At the lower left is the date(s) of use of the cancel . At the bottom center is the color of the ink (if not

black) of the cancel . And finally at the lower right is an abbreviation for the actual stamp cancelling

device or type. There follows a catalog of special registration labels (R-labels) used for registered mail

sent from special events.

Following the catalogue listings are several appendices, the first of which is a catalogue of

Swiss special cancels applied at the Swiss Post booth at stamp shows in other countries. The first of

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these was used at the Internationale Verkehrsausstellung in Munich, Germany, in 1965 . Since then

there have been 189 others, all illustrated . However, the catalogue notes that these cancels are purely

philatelic, having no proper postal use but are listed "Pro memoria".

Finally, there is a topical classification of the special cancels . The cancels are classified in

Flora, Fauna, Sport, Art, Architecture, Religion, Science, Transportation, Organization, and Miscella-

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neous. Most of these categories are further subdivided, for example, Flora is divided into Flowers,

Trees, Fruits, Medicinal Plants, Mushrooms, and Vegetables.

To illustrate this topical listing, the Miscellaneous grouping lists four special cancels for RotaryInternational. If you look again at Figure 2 in the lower left corner you will find special cancel S . 808,

which was used at the Rotary International Congress held in Lausanne in 1973.

The price of the catalogue is Sfr 85 . I ordered my copy directly from Zumstein . The postage

and handling came to Sfr 28 .50 and the package came franked with Sfr 27 in the mineral high values.Zumstein will accept your credit card, which makes the money exchange much easier.

Zumstein and their team of experts are to be congratulated on a fine piece of work, a piece of

work which is essential to the knowledgeable collecting of Swiss special cancels . Highly recom-mended.

Letter to the EditorI was interested to read Charles J.

LaBlonde's article on Yogurt and Stamps in the

May issue of TELL.

We have a similar system in Canadathat are called Postal Outlets . They are found

in drug stores, grocers, supermarkets and vil-lage stores . Our custom-built post office inLumsden is now a Postal Outlet. The century-old brick building has been sold and is now an

art gallery.

However, there is no 'do it yourself.They are staffed, but by the store's staff, andthe store gets a percentage on sales . They deal

with regular mail, parcels, special delivery, reg-istered mail . As always, the whole idea is cost-

cutting. Many post-offices have been closed andthe unionized staff dismissed. So, no expensivebuildings to maintain, and the stores probablypay their staff minimum wage.

The Postal Outlets are not open till10 :00 p.m . like the stores they are in, but theyare open longer hours each day, and service is

available on weekends, although there is nei-ther mail pick-up nor delivery on Saturdays,Sundays and Public Holidays . Generally they

use the regular stamps, but parcels and regis-tered, or other mail that have irregular add-onfees usually end up with a self-adhesive labelfrom the same machine that prints out the cost

and the receipt.

No doubt, the US Postal Service has itseye on Canada Post's experiences and willadopt a similar system in the near future . So

Keep your eyes open .

Yours faithfully, Lewis Draper, Box 873,Lumsden, SK, Canada - 306 731 3260

Swiss Philatelic Re-search : AHPS, WPL,and WESTPEX 2006

(Continued from page 5) the "old" and

"new" Andres and Emenegger cancellation

works in German, AHPS's publication of

the works of Felix Ganz on Swiss cancella-

tions in English, and the Swiss machine

cancel works.

I would very much like to encourage

others to make donations to the Swiss col-

lection at WPL . Especially needed are

handbooks, treatises, photocopies of signifi-

cant exhibits, research notes, etc . In terms

of catalogues such as the specialized

Zumstein, the library probably has adequate

representation. However, there is a need

for many of the Swiss specialized auction

catalogs of various auction firms.

Regarding making donations to WPL

or submitting research inquiries, please

contact me at

Dale EggenFriends of the Western Philatelic Library

P . O . Box 2219

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

In a future article, I will highlight

significant Swiss holdings of the library.

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The Other Pro Juventute Items : Post Cards(Continued from page 1) Figure 2 shows the

envelope for the second 1920 series together with the

front of the brochure on the St. Gallen artist, Emil

Rittmeyer, whose birth centennial was celebrated in

1920 . The series has five cards and the selling price

was Sfr . 1, or 20c per card . Figure 3 shows one of the

cards from this series, PJ card #82, "Heuernte " .

The cards providegreat material for the topical

or Heimat collector . Figure 4

shows a card from the 1927series, PJ card #139.Illustrated is a painting by E.Hodel, "Trachten aus dem

Oberhasle". Folk costume

topicalists or Zürich cantonHeimat collectors would bothlike this card in their

collection. Note the correct

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use of the 1927 10c + 5c Orphan

Boy in School Pro Juventutestamp (Zumstein WI 42). Thecard is cancelled in Winterthuron December 29, 1927.

As I mentioned above,

the cards were either sold in anenvelope or in a wrapper. The1937 series used a three-panel

wrapper to enclose the series offive cards showing the work ofHermann Klöcker who was born

in Davos in 1906. Perhaps for that reason, the artist's write-up is also

in Romansch. Figure 5 shows the front of this wrapper . Figure 6

shows one of the whimsicalcards from this series, PJ card #182, "Kindersonntag " .

the correct and late usageof the 10c + 5c ProJuventute stamp of 1937(Zumstein WI 82),

cancelled on May 6, 1938,in Luzern . The stamp was

valid through the monthof May.

Another costumeissue is the 1940 cardillustrating the works of

the artist E . Zeller, PJ card #199, showing a "Wehntalertract" or costume of the Wehntal region.

Figure 7 shows the two sides of this card . Again, note the correct usage of the 10c +5c 1940 ProJuventute stamp (Zumstein WI 94) cancelled in Andermatt on December 18, 1940.

Finally, let me finish this discussion of the Pro Juventute cards with an example for the 1948

series, PJ card #238, "Schloss Salenstein " by either J.H . Luttringshausen or J .J. Meyer (the card does

not indicate the artist's name) . This card, shown in Figure 8, is correctly franked with the 10c + 10c1948 Pro Juventute stamp (Zumstein WI 126) cancelled in Neunkirch on January 3, 1949 . The writer

must belong to the Felix Ganz school of white space!

Pro Juventute Cards1912: J.Böhm, E.Keller, Series 2E. E. Schlatter 8

Bellinzona[1912 series exists with two versions of the 9

Fribourg : Bourguillonaddress side : with the forerunner PJ illustration 10

Genève : Eglise St . Pierreat left or with ornaments both left and right] 11

Genève : Ile de Rousseau12

Morges : ChâteauSeries 1 13

Neuchâtel : La Collégiale1 Basel : Münster 7

Paysage : Alpestre2 Bern: Zeitglockenturm3 Einsiedeln : Eingang zur Klosterkirche4 St. Gallen: Partie b. Karlstor 1913 : EC (1), BM (2), E . E. Schlatter (4)5 Zürich: Grossmünster6 Bergkirchlein Series 17 Paysage : Alpestre 14

Am Brunnen im Winter15

Kinder auf grüner Wiese

Note

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161718192021

Kinder mit SteckenMutter mit lesenden KindernSchlittelnde KinderSchneeballschlachtVereschneite Tannen mit KruzifixWinterlandschaft mit Bach

56

Sitzende Kleine mit Hund57

Vier Buben mit Reif und Kanone

1918 : E . Kreidolf

58

Printemps/Primavera59

Herbst/AutomneSeries 222 Basel 60

Ostern Zwerge23 Bern 61

Sommer/Eté

24 Luzern 62

St. Nikolaus/St . Nicolas

25 Madonna del Sasso Locarno 63

Weihnacht/Noël

26 Nyon 64

Winter/Hiver

27 Romont28 Schloss Werdenberg St . Gallen29 Zürich 1919: F. Portier

Series 11915 : E. Anner (2), E. Buchner, F . Gilsi (2),Moos (4), M.S., A. Riedel, E .E . Schlatter (3)

Series 1

6566676869

AlphütteDorfstrasseFrau auf dem KirchwegHäuser und KircheSitzender Greis30

313233343536

Bauernhof in KestenholzPasso del GottardoPergolato nel Ticino MeridionalePonte nel Ticino SettentrionaleRuine LandskronVâcherie Linz près de VillarsVallée du Jura près de Fontenais

Ad.W. ToepfferSeries 270

Der Köhler71

Der Strassenhändler72

Heimgang aus der Kirche73

Hochzeitsfahrt74

Winterlandschaft

1920: G.Lory Vater (1), G.Lory Sohn (4)

Series 1

Series 237

Aargauisches Bauernhaus38

Basel (Münster und Rheinbrücke)39

Crischona Basel40

Ermatingen41

Greyerz42

Habsburg43

Mellingen75

Ansicht von Bern76

Ansicht von Interlaken77

Ansicht von Lausanne78

Ansicht von Neuenburg79

Ansicht von Stans1916 : J.B., R.Fr ., H . Gattiker,M. la Roche, Rüegg, M.Stiefel

Series 1E . RittmeyerSeries 2

44

Die alte Rheinbrücke in Basel 80 Alp stubete auf Sol

45

Le château de Rolle 81 Hausbau im Schwendital

46

Ospizio Bernina 82 Heuernte

47

Regensberg 83 Soldaten durch St . Gallisches Dorf

48

Schlösschen Wörth marschierend49

St. Saphorin50

Wildegg an der Aare84 Pfadschlitten im Toggenburg

G. MindSeries 2

1921 : A. Calame

Series 151 Bub begegnet Mädchen 85 Frühling52 Gigampfi 86 Gewitter auf Handeck53 Hut am Boden 87 Herbst54 Kreisel und Hund 88 Sommer55 Ringelweihe 89 Winter

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F. FranzoniSeries 2

123

Rote Primeln124

Winter90

Am Langensee91

Bosco Valle Maggia E. Stückelberg92

Kirche von Maggia Series 293

Kirche von Rivapiana 125 Am Brunnen von Rocca Ceri94

Tessiner Bauernmädchen 126 Kinder und Katzen von Vicovaro127 Kirche mit Kornfeld bei Sigriswil128 Spaziergang am Meer

1922: R. Koller 129 Urnerin

Series 195

Anni am Brunnen 1926 : E. Burnand96

Friedli mit der Kuh 130 Die Mand97

Junges Schaf 131 Erinnerung an Anzeindaz98

Schwarzfleckstier 132 September99

Vieh am See 133 Tal von Grindelwald134 Tal von Les Ponts

A. StäbliSeries 2100

Beim Kloster Fahr 1927 : E. Hodel101

Birkenlandschaft 135 Bergkirchlein im Saanenland

102

Gewittertag 136 Bergsee

103

Landschaft an der Limmat 137 Herbstlandschaft

104

Uberschwemmtes Land 138 Jugendfreunde139 Trachten aus dem Oberhasle

1923: J. Reinhardt1928 : C . Liner

Series 1 140 Blick ins Rheintal105

Anne Jorrey und Antoinette Dorvas 141 Das Wasser

106

Benedicht Glauser und Elis . Senn 142 Eggerstandener Moos

107

Die Kinder Ulrich Bräckers 143 Knabe mit Kirschen

108

Felix Jahn und seine Frau 144 Schnee im März

109

Magdalena Surbek, Moritz Enderly

1929 : L. RossiW. RöthlisbergerSeries 2 145 Apfelernte110 Bootsleute beim Steineauslad 146 Bergweg111 Fischer mit Zugnetz 147 Die kleinen Mütter112 Gründling-Fischer 148 Die Wiege113 Seeufer bei Marin 149 Glockenturm von Sureggio114 Zihl und Jura

1930 : H. B . Wieland1924 : A. Anker 150 Das Haus am Wald

115

Berner Schulbub 151 Ein Sommertag (Wallis)

116

Das Erdbeeri-Mareieli 152 In Obersaxen

117

Die alte Landschule 153 Kirche von Lavin

118

Die Krippe119

Die Stanser Kinder in Murten154 Steiniges Land

1931 : F . de Ribaupierre

1925: P. Chiesa 155 Die neue Haube156 Geisshirt aus Evolena

Series 1 157 Hirtenbub aus Hérens

120

Der Apfelbaum 158 Kind aus dem Val d'Hérens

121

Kinder und Ziegen122

Mutter und Kind

159 Mädchen aus Evolène

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1932 : H. Spörri-Dolder 197 Frühling am See

160 Begegnung 198 Knonauertracht

161 Einladung 199 Wehntalertracht

162 Musik163 Tanz164 Willkommen 1941 : K. Girardet

200 Brienzersee201 Im Wallis

1933 : M.Jacobi 202 Thunersee

165 Das stille Wasser 203 Versam166 Frühlingszauber 204 Viehweide167 Sommernachmittag168 Thunersee im Herbst169 Vorfrühling 1942 : W. Burger

205 Herbstabend im Tessin206 Kapelle am Schwarzsee

1934 : O.Derendinger-Roux 207 Nelken170 Chrysanthemen 208 Rittersporn171 Enziane 209 Vorfrühling am Zugersee172 Sonnenblumen173 Stiefmütterchen174 Zinnien 1943 : H. Vautier

210 Abend im Bergtal211 Blumenstrauss

1935 : F . Elmiger 212 Herbstliche Arbeit175 Bergbach mit Kühen 213 Junge Walliserin176 Engelberg 214 Stilleben177 Pferdeschwemme178 Pilatus179 Schafe am Glattalpsee 1944 : B. Menn

215 Am Ufer der Arve216 Der Hohlweg

1937 : H. Klöckler 217 Frauen am See180 Eigenbrötler 218 Italienischer See181 Jugendland 219 Rast182 Kindersonntag183 Spielgefährten184 Waldwiese 1945 : S. Freudenberger

220 Der zufriedene Landmann221 Die ländliche Mahlzeit

1938: M. Riggenbach 222 Die Mai-Sängerinnen

185 Bei Lachen mit Blick auf Hurden 223 Die Rückkehr des Soldaten

186 Knabe im Schilf 224 Die Spinnerin187 Nussbaum bei Schwamendingen188 Sommertag an der Glatt189 Wehntaler Mädchen 1946: Ad. W . Toepffer

225 Der Händler226 Die Quelle von Veyrier

1939: R. Conti 227 Die Winzerin190 Bei Carona 228 Ländliche Hochzeit191 Die Weinlese 229 Winterlandschaft192 Knabe mit Flöte193 Morgen in Roveredo-Capriasca194 Zaghafte Liebkosung 1947: J. Nüesch

230 Altenrhein231 Hirtenknabe mit Schafen

1940: E. Zeller 232 Landschaft bei Balgach

195 Am See 233 Treue Freunde

196 Anemonen 234 Wiese mit Blumen

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1948 : Unpublished water colors (among others, J . 272 Chillon

H. Luttringshausen, J .J. Meyer) 273 Das Mädchen von Tourronde235 Am Bodensee 274 Sommerlust

236 Ausblick von Arenenberg237 Flusspartie b . Rheinfelden238 Schloss Salenstein 1956 : Fr. Buchser

239 Stein am Rhein 275 Ernterast276 Hirtenidyll277 Spanisches Städtchen

1949 : L. Rivier 278 Waldbach mit Angler

240 Der kleine Lautenspieler 279 Weg nach Civitella

241 Knabe mit Gitarre242 Mutterglück

1957 : A. Anker243 Mutter und Kind

280 Die Hühner244 Spiel auf der Klarinette

281 Die rote Puppe282 Herbstlandschaft bei Ins283 Schüler mit Schiefertafel

1950 : H. Huber284 Schulspaziergang

245 Feldblumenstrauss246 Knabe und Mädchen am Fenster247 Mutter und Kinder im Wald 1958 : R. Koller248 Sihllandschaft 285 Fröhliche Heimkehr249 Zwei Mädchen im Garten 286 Mädchen aus Meiringen

287 Viehherde in Hochgebirgslandschaft288 Wildheuerin vom Hasliberg

1951 : L . Dürr 289 Wolkentreiben über dem Walensee250 Bergarve251 Bootshaus am See252 Eigernordwand 1959: A-M. Trechstin253 Herbst am Thunersee 290 Begonien254 Silvaplanersee mit Piz La Margna 291 Feldblumen

292 Malve293 Rose

1952 : H . Bolle 294 Trollblumen255 Carletto256 Christine257 Dany 1960: F. Valloton258 Die kleinen Fischer 295 Dahlienstrauss

259 Peterli 296 Die Näherin297 Ebbe298 Place Clichy, Paris

1953 : F. Hodler 299 Ringelblumem und gelbe Margeriten260 Am Fuss des Salève261 Der Müller, sein Sohn und der Esel262 Genfersee von Chexbres aus263 Kastanienbaum264 Mutter und Kind

1954: M. Osswald-Toppi265 Blumenstrauss266 Dahlien267 Frühling im Tessin268 Hirtin269 Mädchengruppe

1955: Fr. Bocion270 Am See271 Barken im Mondschein

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