Three very unusual FDCs featuring the Swiss Salvation Army stamp. One is paired with another anniversary cover from the same set (Championat du Monde), the second with a definitive series (Dauermarken) cachet issued on the same day, and the third with a rare local village cachet from Brunnadern. Attached with the Salvation Army stamp, these covers are previously undocumented.
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A rare business cover with first day (FD) cancel has just been obtained. Issued by the Zurich firm P. Heggli, it features the “Vliesiline” logo and bears the full set of 1958 anniversary stamps, including the Salvation Army bonnet stamp (Stanley Gibbons no. 590), commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Salvation Army in Switzerland. Previously unseen—rare!
Dauermarken (definitive stamp) cachet w/ Salvation Army stamp & one of the stamps issued in the definitive set (1 CHF). Both stamps were issued on the same day. I’ve not seen the SA stamp on this definitive cachet before. Likely rare!
A Swiss collector wanted to have an FDC done when this Salvation Army stamp was issued on August 23, 1982. At home he discovered this date error; the cover was cancelled 23.18.1982. Plain cachet with a pictorial cancel – 8833 Samstagern – Sonnenterasse uber dem Zurichsee. Not seen before with such an error. I suggest to catalogue this as SA 17.0
Salvation Army 75th anniversary in Switzerland. The SA stamp (SG 590) was issued together with other anniversary stamps in 1958. This is a business cover from PURA with local postmark. Not seen before – likely very rare!!
Salvation Army Centenary in Switzerland, 1982. Badenfahrt Ballonpost cachet, very illustrative. Must be a connoisseur cachet, since the actual Balloon flight was launched one week after the first day of issue for the stamps. The cachet has not been seen before, it is unlisted in the Salvation Army FDC catalogue. Limited edition. Two sets were issued (A & B) with 150 in each. This is no. 123 of 150 in the B-serie.
This cover was found on a Swiss auction, never seen before and likely unique. The attached stamps are various anniversaries issued on 1958, including the SA 75th anniversary in Switzerland. Local Postmark – Ebnat – Kappel (small municipality in Switzerland). The cachet is of 1955, from the Exposition Nationale de PHilatelie in Lausanne, 3 years before the stamp set was issued.
SA 75th anniversary in Switzerland (75 Jahre Heilsarmee in der Schweiz). The SA stamp (SG 590) was included in a set of various anniversary stamps, issued 05.03.1958. National Headquarter cachet. This cover has set of all four anniversary stamps, not seen before, likely rare. The SA stamps is SG 590.
Salvation Army 75th anniversary in Switzerland, issued together with other anniversaries. The Salvation Army stamp pictures a bonnet (SG no. 590). This cachet has not been seen before, likely produced by a local issuer. Postmarked in Widen (Aargau). Not listed in the Salvation Army FDC catalogue, and likely very rare!
SA 75th anniversary in Switzerland, various anniversaries, issued 05.03.1958. The pictured cachet with a bonnet is quite rare, and even more rarely seen with 4 block. Berne postmark (French text).
Salvation Army 75th anniversary in Switzerland. Official post office FDC with single Salvation Army stamp (SG 590) and Italian postmark (BERNA). FDCs with Italian PM are rare, I’ve not seen this FDC with single stamp AND italian PM before.
Unlisted FDC, likely very rare! Picture of the Federal Palace of Switzerland – (Swiss Parliament / Bundeshaus) in Bern. Issued: 05.03.1958 with French PM (Berne). Anniversary stamp set 1958 (Werbemarken), including the Salvation Army (bonnet) stamp (SG 590). This particular FDC was a private initiative of a Swiss stampdealer in Lugano. The shop was closed in the sixties, and the stock left untouched until recently, when his grandson discovered these covers. He guessed that only 5 – 10 covers like this are still around.