Pro Patria 2007
Swiss Post and the Swiss Pro Patria Foundation have joined forces to familiarize people of all ages with these routes steeped in history, which traverse the various cantons.
Pro Patria 2007
Museum of Communication
To mark the centenary of the Museum of Communication in Bern, Swiss Post is issuing two special postage stamps, which use a novel technology. This anniversary also provides an opportunity to review the varied history of the Museum.
Museum of Communication
Scouts in Switzerland
2007 sees the Scout Movement turns one hundred, and this year's Europa postage stamp commemorates its jubilee. The Swiss postage stamp has an intriguing triangle form.
Scout Movement
Art Brut
Swiss Post is turning the spotlight on Outsider Art as it continues the art series it launched in March 2006 with two special postage stamps dedicated to the Modern Style movement.
Art Brut
Stein am Rhein on postage stamps
The picturesque little town of Stein am Rhein in Canton Schaffhausen is celebrating its millennium in 2007. Reason enough for Swiss Post to continue its Sights of Switzerland series of special postage stamps with a panoramic view of Stein am Rhein's market square.
Stein am Rhein
Swiss National Bank
A stable currency is one of the key prerequisites for economic prosperity. As custodian of the Swiss franc, the Swiss National Bank is responsible for ensuring price stability. It will be celebrating its centenary in 2007, and two special Swiss postage stamps are being issued in its honor.
Swiss National Bank
Mikael Agricola
One of the stamps on the Mikael Agricola miniature stamp sheet shows the first publication of Finnish literature, Agricola's Abckiria. The book was both an ABC and a catechism
Mikael Agricola
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler, one of Switzerland's outstanding scholars, was born in Basel on 15 April 1707 and went on to have a spectacular European career as a mathematician and scientist. Now Swiss Post is issuing a special stamp to commemorate the 300th anniversary of his birth.
Leonhard Euler
Stamp Day 2006
The special stamp commemorating "Stamp Day 2006 Olten" features a perky looking little lad wearing a train conductor's hat. The idea submitted by Trimbach-based graphic artist Bruno Castellani came out top with the general public in this year's stamp competition on the theme of the 150th anniversary of Olten the railway town.
Stamp Day 2006
Baden City Tower
Alongside Basel's Spalentor and Bern's "Zytglogge", Baden's city tower is one of the most important gate towers to have survived from the Middle Ages in Switzerland. Reason enough to feature it on the second miniature sheet marking the September 2006 Naba National Stamp Exhibition.
Baden City Tower
Pocketknife Postage Stamps
Victorinox pocket tools are known all over the world. And to remain a market leader, their Schwyz-based manufacturer manages to come up with ingenious new products every year. The company was founded in 1884 and has had an extremely turbulent history. Two Swiss Post special postage stamps depict the first Victorinox pocketknife and one of its latest models.
Pocketknife
Simplon Tunnel
At 19.8 kilometers, the Simplon Tunnel, between Switzerland and Italy, was for many years the longest mountain tunnel in the world.
Simplon Tunnel
Football Championship
This stamp issue of Switzerland is the second of four special stamps issued by Swiss Post in the run-up to the Euro 2008 Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria.
Euro 2008 Football Championship
Swiss cuckoo
The cuckoo is the first stamp in the new Domestic Birds definitive set, which will replace the existing Swiss Design Classics over the next few years. Each bird is lovingly hand drawn right down to the tiniest detail and artistically placed in its habitat. The Swiss cuckoo took off on 1 April 2006.
Swiss cuckoo
Art Nouveau on stamps
Switzerland is commemorating the art movement known as Art Nouveau which features particularly prominently in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The focal point of the celebrations is the centenary of the Advanced Course in Art and Decoration taught at its School of Art, and Swiss Post issued two stamps on the theme of Art Nouveau.
Art Nouveau on stamps
PostBus Switzerland
In 2006, Switzerland will be celebrating an unusual anniversary - the centenary of the PostBus service. Today's PostBus Switzerland carries more than 100 million passengers a year, operating a network covering 10,363 kilometers with a fleet of some 2000 vehicles
PostBus Switzerland
Alpine ibex
In 2006, Switzerland commemorates a very special anniversary - it's a hundred years since the Alpine ibex returned to this country after having been exterminated in previous centuries, and Swiss Post is dedicating a special stamp to this event.
Alpine ibex
Swiss Christmas Customs 2005
The Advent, Christmas and New Year period has a wealth of customs. Beside the ones widely known throughout Europe, there are some regional - and even purely local - traditions. Swiss Post is therefore launching its new four-year Christmas Customs series with the special stamps Santa Claus in Fribourg and Grittibänz.
Swiss Christmas Customs 2005
Joint Issue Vatican City and Switzerland
Many Renaissance rulers hired mercenary troops from time to time and paid them out of the proceeds of conquered territory, ransoms, confiscation of property and looting. Alongside mercenary troops as such, many rulers also surrounded themselves with guards for their personal protection.
Swiss Papal Guard
Swiss pro juventute 2005
The Swiss pro juventute stamps are again devoted to the Rights of the Child, continuing the theme of the last two years. Following the Right to leisure and play and the Right to education, the 2005 stamps highlight the principle that All children are equal.
Pro juventute 2005
Swiss UPU official stamp
Swiss Post issued a new official stamp for the Universal Postal Union. The occasion was marked by a ceremony in conjunction with the opening of a philatelic exhibition at UPU headquarters in Berne.
New UPU official stamp
Olympic stamp issue
The 20th Winter Olympics open in Turin on 10. February 2006 and Switzerland will be represented by its biggest team ever. As both national ice hockey teams have qualified, 43 athletes will be competing in that sport alone.
Swiss Olympic stamp issue
Stamp Day 2005
From December 2004 to mid-March 2005, Swiss Post conducted a competition for the 85-centime special stamp to mark Stamp Day 2005. As Meyrin, near Geneva, is the venue for this year's Stamp Day, the subject of this sixth edition of the competition was Multicultural Meyrin.
Stamp Day 2005
Watches
The International Watch making Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, is a world center for the tradition of timekeeping, in particular Swiss clocks and watches. The designs of the new special stamps in the "Traditional Swiss products" series are based on items from the museum's collection.
Clock stamps
Friends of Nature
Nature, health, sports, culture, green tourism: all of these are issues that the Swiss Friends of Nature association focuses on. And they remain the key issues in 2005, the year in which the association celebrates its centenary.
Friends of Nature
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