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1927 20c Overseas Postcard Rate
In 1927 only, the Bundesfeier Committee issued two additional cards imprinted with a 20c value, to cover the rate
for postcards to foreign countries. Few of these cards still exist.
24 August 1927: addressed
to Halle, Saxony-Anhalt,
Germany and posted at
Montreux, Canton Vaud.
MONTREUX dispatch
cds 24.VIII.27
3 August 1927: addressed
to Charlottenburg, Berlin,
and posted at Pontresina,
Canton Ticino
PONTRESINA dispatch
cds 3.VIII.27
Sale Price: 40c, with 20c donated to the fund for Retired Nurses in Switzerland
