Page 59 - Celebrating Swiss Independence

1930 Inland Postcard (Airmail)

Nine special return flights were organised for 1 August 1930, departing from airfields at Geneva, Lausanne, Le Locle,
Chaux-de-Fonds, Bern, Biel, Basel, Zürich and St. Gallen. A total of 18,509 Bundesfeier cards were flown.

1 August 1930: addressed

to Thun in Canton Berne,
and posted at Berne-
Belpmoos airfield for the
special flight Berne-Zürich

BERN LUFTPOST
dispatch cds 1.VIII.30
ZÜRICH FLUGPLATZ *
LUFTPOST
arrival cds 2.VIII.30

1 August 1930: card
addressed to Trogen,
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
and posted at Zürich-
Dübendorf airfield for the
special flight Zürich-
St.Gallen

ZÜRICH FLUGPLATZ *
LUFTPOST
dispatch cds 1.VIII.30
ST.GALLEN LUFTPOST
arrival cds

Sale Price: 50c, with 25c donated to the fund for Swiss Schools Abroad,
distributed through the Federal Department of the Interior