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1941 Historic Events
To celebrate 650 years of the Swiss Confederation, two adhesives were printed for the 1941 National Festival. These
feature the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake of the four forest cantons) and the Chapel in the Hohle Gasse at Küssnacht
Two distinct shades
of the 20c exist, the
first printed in
red/vermilion and
yellow; the second
in red & red-
brown/yellow.
Lake Lucerne Chapel at Küssnacht
Left: 1 August
st
cancellation and
Bundesbrief cachet
Brunnen.
Right: special
RÜTLI cachet and
cancellation for
the 1941 National
Festival.
On the night of 1 August 1291, representatives from the three central cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, met on the Rütli
st
meadow overlooking Lake Lucerne, and swore an oath of allegiance: to rid their lands of the Habsburg’s and declare independence.
The Chapel in the Hohle Gasse (hollow lane) on Lake Lucerne, was erected on the spot where Wilhelm Tell is said to have lain in wait
to slay the tyrannical Governor, Hermann Gessler.
