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1956                                                                                     Lakes and Rivers


        Designers:                              In aid of Women’s Services,                     Printed  by  Courvoisier
        E & M Lenz (5c.),                        and the National Library                       on  smooth  paper with
        P. Togni                                                                                blue and red silk  fibres.
                                                                                                5c. recess printed by the
                                                                                                PTT. Perf 11¾.











                           The Rhône at                                            Katzensee, Zurich

                            St.Maurice


                                    The 5c.  value                     symbols of feminine
                                    depicts a bobbin,                  work, a  nd a tribute to
                                    scissors and rose                  the Swiss housewife.















                         The Rhine at Trin,                                       Walensee, St.Gallen
                           Graubünden





































              23 October 1956: cover addressed to Schenectady, New York. Franked 65c for the airmail rate to North America
              (40c overseas letter + 25c airmail surcharge). Posted at Solothurn railway station and flown Swissair Zürich-Geneva-
              Shannon-New York.
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