Page 107 - Celebrating Swiss Independence

1958 Rocks, Crystals & Fossils

Designers: In aid of Needy Mothers Printed by Courvoisier
D. Brun (5c.), on smooth paper with
N. Stoecklin blue and red silk fibres.
5c. recess printed by the
PTT. Perf 11¾.

Fluorite, found mainly in Coiled Ammonite, found on
ore deposits the Swiss plateau

A mother in need, holding
her small child

Almandine, belonging Rock, or Quartz Crystal,
to the Garnet family in typical pyramidal form

29 October 1958: registered cover from Seen, Winterthur, addressed to Pankow in East Berlin and franked 80c
(40c foreign letter + 40c registration fee)