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1933 Overseas Postage

The two cards issued in 1933 were each printed with sixteen different photo vignettes, featuring Swiss heritage
sites and nature conservation areas. Proceeds from sales contributed towards the Protection Fund.

3 August 1933: card with additional 10c Tell adhesive making up the foreign postcard rate, addressed to
Soberheim am der Nahe, in the Moselle region of Germany. BADEN (SCHWEIZ) cancel 3.VIII.33

Woman in the costume
of Canton Valais

Artist: Raphy Dalleves
(1878-1940)

Printer: H Vontobel,
Feldmeilen
No’s sold: 263,111

The vignette on the address
side includes a picture of a
farmhouse in the Jura region
at La Chaux-d'Abel

Sale Price: 30c, with 20c donated to the Association for Nature Conservation, and Swiss Heritage Protection