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1929 Inland Postcard (Airmail)

Nine special return flights were organised for 1 August, departing from airfields at Geneva, Lausanne, Le Locle,
Chaux-de-Fonds, Bern, Biel, Basel, Zürich and St. Gallen. A total of 23,171 Bundesfeier cards were flown.

1 August 1929: addressed
to Schaffhausen and
carried on the special
flight Zürich-Basel–Zürich

ZÜRICH FLUGPLATZ
dispatch cds

BASEL FLUGPLATZ
arrival cds

1 August 1929: airmail
card addressed to Vulpera
in Canton Graubünden,
and posted at Bern.
Flown to Zürich on 2
August 1929 and then by
rail via Landquart and the
local post office at Scuol-
Tarasp
BERN LUFTPOST
dispatch cds 1.VIII.29
ZÜRICH FLUGPLATZ
arrival cds 2.VIII.29

Sale Price: 50c with 25c donated to the National Fund for Soldiers and their Families