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1921 Inland Postcard
Two cards were issued for the National Festival in 1921, with a vignette depicting the Red Cross shield included on
the address side, together with the inscription “CARITAS” at base of card.
21 August 1921: card addressed to Neuchâtel and posted at Château-d’Oex, in Canton Vaud
CHATEAUX D’OEX dispatch cds 21.VIII.21
Nurse and sick child
Artist: Emil Beurmann (1862-1951)
No’s sold: 349,411
The first Caritas organisation was started in Freiburg, Germany, in 1897.
Other national Caritas organisations were soon formed in Switzerland
(1901) and the United States (Catholic Charities, 1910).
Sale Price: 30c, with 20c donated to the fund for the Home Care Programme and Samaritans’ Association
