Cover from Switzeland no. 2

Yet another EUROPA Astronomy stamp:-), this time from Switzerland, sent on the date of issue (8 May 2009) from Bern, on the envelope of the first day of issue. The stamp of 1 CHF shows the chart of the inner solar system and there an asteroid no. 113390 named Helvetia, discovered in Winterthur in 2002. The postage is complemented by a sticker of 0.20 CHF.

Thank you, Sara:-)

Cover from Switzerland

A letter sent from Ascona (canton of Ticino) in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland on 4 November 2008, and received 3 days later. The 1.30 CHF self-adhesive stamp, issued on 8 May 2008, shows Rufous-tailed Rock trush (Monticola saxatilis), from the series of definitives dedicated to common domestic birds.

The nice automatic postmark has a picture of Lago Maggiore and the text: "Ancona - vacanze ideali" (ideal holidays).

Postcard from Switzerland

The library in the Benedictine abbey of St. Gallus in the city of St. Gallen in northern Switzerland, an absolute Baroque beauty treasuring many rare manuscripts like the Nibelungenlied.

This postcard was sent on 20 January 2009 from Uberuzwil (post-code 9242, nice commemorative postmark), and bears four different stamps. The latest of them, issued on 6 September 2007, shows Schnellen Ursli, a children's book character depicted by Alois Carigiet (1902-1985). The other stamps are from the 1960s and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the "Sweitzer Mustermesse in Basel" (1966), the Iceskating World Championship in Davos (stamp from 1965, Championship took place in 1966), and the joining of the Swiss Confederation in 1815 by the cantons of Valais, Neuchatel and Geneve (stamp from 1965). Thank you, Doris:-)