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La Punt Chamues, 1697m (Oberengadin)
Mailed in 2013 with stamp and full postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 2
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Leuk, Swiss Satellite Telecommunications Earth Station
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and full postmark. The facility is 930 meters above sea level, which doesn’t seem so high considering it is surrounded by mountains. Grade: 1
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Rhaetian Railway, UNESCO World Heritage
Mailed in 2013 with three stamps and postmark, this is a very sturdy postcard. Grade: 1
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Albula Pass, multiple views
Excellent touristic card, mailed in 2013 with two different stamps, blue bilingual Priority label, official postmark, and another oval chop from the Albula-Hospiz. Grade: 1
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Engadin, Gasthaus Spinas
Card from the property, mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and a large, clear, special postmark. Blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Via Engiadina, multiple views
All these views are identified on the reverse caption of a card mailed in 2012 with two stamps, Priority label, and large postmark. Grade: 1
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Morteratschgletscher mit Berninagruppe
That is not a header you want to try typing when (A) you don’t speak German, and (B) you are not in full control. Card mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and supplemental oval “Boval” chop. (Yes, the scan accurately reflects the card’s design.) Grade: 1
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Boval-Hütte SAC
While the multiview card is pretty enough, the true value is on the reverse, which has three large and different stamps, two St. Moritz postmarks, and a very large round “Hamanna Boval” chop alongside. Mailed in 2013. Grade: 1
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Grüsse aus dem Engadin
Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark and bilingual blue A Priority label. Greetings from the Engadine! Postal barcoding on the front, but buried in the dark area; also a sticker of a leaf on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Veytaux, Chateau de Chillon
The Chateau is a castle on the shore of Lake Geneva, and is now used for events and exhibitions. The sepia card was mailed in 1921 with stamp, postmarks, and a very long and readable message in French. This is a nice historical artifact. Grade: 1
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Geneve, O.N.U. et la Mt. Blanc
Mailed from Geneva in 1954 with stamp and fully legible United Nations postmark. The trilingual airmail label folds over from back to front. Iconic. Grade: 2
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Genève
Real-photo Jaeger card 7017, mailed in 1954, with stamp and postmark to prove it. Grade: 1
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Jungfraubahn and peaks
Mailed from Bern in 1925, with stamp and elaborate postmark, this card would especially amuse fans of the TV series “Lost” as it was addressed to John Locke. Wrong setting, though. Grade: 1
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Sierre et Val d’Anniviers
Mailed in 1952, with stamp and what looks like a large, special postmark. Grade: 2
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Fribourg, Cathedrale et Hotel de Ville
Looking for a Fribourg postcard? In 1932, this one went out with a stamp and clear postmark. Grade: 2
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Lauterbrunnen (797m) mit Staubbach
Mailed in 1925, this B&W card has two stamps and 1-1/2 postmarks. Grade: 1
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Brunigbahn bei Lungern
Undivided back card, mailed in 1910, with stamp and the postmarks of both the sending (Switzerland) and receiving (New York) offices. We note that the card’s journey took eight days. Grade: 1
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LAUSANNE et les Alpes Vaudoises
Not postally used, but with the last part of a multi-card message (in English) completely filling the reverse. Grade: 4
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Chexbres, Hotel-Pension Cecil
Mailed in 1929, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Castle of Thoune with Blumlisalp
Mailed in 1959, with two different stamps and Thun postmark. Grade: 1
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Oberer Grindelwald-Gletscher
Mailed in 1925 from Bern with stamp and full postmark, this real-photo card has an English-language message that finally tells the truth. Grade: 2
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Lac de Neuchatel
Unused, undivided back, old, mildly tinted card. “IMPRIMES” is chopped over the “Postkarte” indicator on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Luzern, Kapellbrucke und Pilatus
In English, the Chapel Bridge, on this real-photo card mailed in 1953 with two different stamps and blue trilingual “Luftpost” label. The bridge was largely destroyed in a 1993 fire, but since restored. Grade: 1
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Kurort Lungern 752m mit Lungernsee und Pilatus
Mailed in 1966 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Genève – College de Calvin
Unused, real-photo card. Grade: 1
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Lucerne and the mountains
Though the stamp and the postmark are there, we can’t quite make out when the card was mailed. Grade: 3
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Meyringen, Alpbachfall
The location is now spelled Meiringen, and the card was not postally used but is the last part of a multi-card series to someone; a message fills the entire reverse. Grade: 4
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Sedrun GR
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, Priority label, and full distinctive postmark. Glitter of a sort, and orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 2
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Engadin
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, Priority label, postmark, an extra sticker of a photo, and orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 4
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Swiss National Parks (folded Maximum Card style)
Given limitations of the scanner, what we’ve done is opened up this card to its full length (13-3/4″. x 5-1/2″) and then re-folded the smallest page so you can see both stamps. The other side is fully printed with information in German, French, Italian, and English about the 100th anniversary of Swiss National Park in 2014. So this is not a postcard by the usual definition. Just so you know. We have not added any additional folds to those that were there when we got this. Ungraded.
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100 years Swiss Air Force F-5 Tiger (Maximum Card)
Unused Maximum Card issued 6 March 2014. Grade: 1
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100 years Swiss Air Force F/A-18 Hornet (Maximum Card)
Unused Maximum Card issued 6 March 2014. Grade: 1
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Lausanne, multiple
From 1969, the stamp is gone. Grade: 5
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Brauerei Worb bei Bern
A print of an old ad for a local brewery on a postcard mailed in 2013 with two stamps and faint postmark. It’s the kind of card that would look great framed and hung in a dark corner of a happy room. Grade: 1
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Davos, Coffeehouse
Not postally used, but the caption takes up nearly half the card and a written message takes the rest. Grade: 4
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Wil, aerial view
Mailed with two different stamps (not postmarked) and Prioritaire chop. Orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 4
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Pilatus cogwheel railway 125 years (Maximum Card)
Unused, official Maximum Card from 2014. Grade: 1
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Berner Oberland
Long (4-1/8″ x 8-1/4″) card mailed in 2014, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Helvetia 500 phonograph record (not a postcard)
We give credit to another website, stampboards dot com, for describing this unusual and creative item, which looks like a novelty postcard but is actually a SFr 5 mini souvenir sheet that can be played on a record player. In maximum card style (but without the additional stamp), it seems to have a postmark but we should let you do your own research on this. Phonograph record stamps have been around awhile, and that they look like postcards means they could probably be used as such. Unused. Grade: 1
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Geneva, Le Pont du Mont Blanc et la Ville
Mailed in 1954, this card has serrated edges, the stamp, the postmark, and a Par Avion rubber-stamp chop. Abrasions around the rim on the front. The sender was definitely glad to be away from England! Grade: 3