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1917 Overseas Postage
Example of a Bundesfeier card uprated for the foreign postcard rate to Germany
21 July 1917: card addressed to Bernreid, Bavaria with additional 5c Tell Boy Type III adhesive
making the correct foreign postcard rate. AARAU dispatch cds 21.VII.17
Man, and Woman (Charity). Caritas symbolised.
Artist: Fritz-Friedrich Boscovits (Swiss, 1871-1965)
Printer: Polygraph Institute. A.G., Zürich
No’s sold: 187,860
The word "charity" entered the English language through the ancient
French word "charité" which was derived from the Latin "caritas"
Sale Price: 20c, with 15c donated to the Swiss Red Cross
