Page 94 - Celebrating Swiss Independence

1948 Crafts, Houses & Farms

Designers: In Aid of the Anti-Tuberculosis Funds Printed on chalky paper
K. Lieven, F. Iselin, with blue and red fibres.
W. Koch, P. Chatillon 5c. recess printed by
the PTT. Perf 11¾.

Frontier guard with dog House in Fribourg

Farmhouse in the Valais Courtyard and house, Ticino

9 September 1948: cover addressed to Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Franked 40c for the surface mail
rate and posted at St. Gallen. Two of the adhesives are machine-cancelled with an oval slogan mark, but the third
has been manually cancelled with the main ST.GALLEN office cds

Jacob Hermann became sole owner of the Newton Embroidery Works in 1916 through purchase of the half interest of Moses & Wacker of New York.
The company had relocated their silk embroidery business to the building on East Clinton Street in Newton NJ at the end of 1905.