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Miscellaneous flags and coats of arms (FOTW list – 17 ref.)

Stamp #00723



Issue date:
1919
Face:
10 ct.
Subject:
Pro Juventute
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: J12
Flags shown:
coat of arms of Vaud (with black lettering)

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Stamp #00721



Issue date:
1920
Face:
7½ ct.
Subject:
Pro Juventute
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: J14
Flags shown:
coat of arms of Schwyz

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Stamp #00724



Issue date:
1922
Face:
10 ct.
Subject:
Pro Juventute
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: J21
Flags shown:
coat of arms of Fribourg/Freiburg

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Stamp #00722



Issue date:
1922
Face:
20 ct.
Subject:
Pro Juventute
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: J22
Flags shown:
coat of arms of Luzern

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Stamp #00715



Issue date:
1941
Face:
10 ct.
Subject:
750 Jahre Bern
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 426
Flags shown:
House of Zähringen (banner of arms, shield: or an eagle gules) | coat of arms of Bern

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Stamp #01068



Issue date:
1947
Face:
2.50 Fr.
Subject:
Maiden voyage Swissair Switzerland–USA, May 1947
Flags shown:
plane marking of Switzerland

Stamp #00953



Issue date:
1964
Face:
50 ct.
Subject:
Réunion de Genève à la Confédération 1814–1964
Remarks:
Flags two diff. shades of red (!), perhaps for contrast
Flags shown:
Switzerland | coat of arms of Genève

Stamp #01215



Issue date:
1967
Face:
20 ct.
Subject:
(EFTA-Trade: duty free)
Flags shown:
Sweden | Finland | UK | Norway | Denmark | Switzerland (ensign) | Austria | Portugal

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Stamp #01209



Issue date:
1966
Face:
50 ct.
Subject:
CERN
Flags shown:
Spain (with equal stripes) | Italy | Switzerland (ensign) | UK | Germany | Sweden | Netherlands | Norway | France | Greece | Belgium | Austria | Denmark

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Stamp #01047



Issue date:
1981
Face:
70+30 ct.
Subject:
Pro Patria
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1012
Flags shown:
coat of arms of Ticino

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Stamp #00752



Issue date:
1981
Face:
70+30 ct.
Subject:
Pro Juventute
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: J276
Flags shown:
coat of arms of Benken, St. Gallen

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Stamp #01069



Issue date:
1987
Face:
90 ct.
Subject:
Liasion CFF Genève-Aéroport
Flags shown:
plane marking of Switzerland

Stamp #01279



Issue date:
1988
Face:
90 ct.
Subject:
Musée International de la Croix-Rouge
Flags shown:
Red Cross | Red Crescent

Stamp #01070



Issue date:
1988
Face:
140+60 ct.
Subject:
Pro Aero 1938–1988
Flags shown:
plane marking of Switzerland

Stamp #01275



Issue date:
1988
Face:
50 ct.
Subject:
700 years of the Battle of Näfels 1388
Flags shown: Original battle banner from 1388, Land of Glarus

Stamp #02513



Issue date:
1999
Face:
90 ct.
Subject:
Conseil de l’Europe
Catalogues:
Michel: 1686/89
Remarks:
flat flags arranged as parliament seats
Flags shown:
Cyprus | Hungary | Ukraine | Turkey | Switzerland (ensign) | Sweden | Spain | Slovenia | Slovakia | San Marino | Russia | Romania | Portugal | Poland | Norway | Netherlands | Moldavia | Malta | Macedonia | Luxemburg | Lithuania | Liechtenstein | Latvia | Italy | Ireland | Iceland | Greece | Germany | France | Finland | emblem of the Council of Europe ("C" with stars) | Denmark | Croatia | Bulgaria | United Kingdom | Bosnia (1992–1998) | Belgium | Austria | Andorra | Albania

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Stamp #00789



Issue date:
2005 (machine stamp)
Face:
variable
Catalogues:
WADP/WNS: CH028.05
Flags shown:
Switzerland

Stamps outside the FOTW list

Cantonal and National Coats of Arms (1918–1926)

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The stamps were sold with surcharge in favour of the Pro Juventute foundation.

Uri (1918, info)   Genève (1918, info)   Nidwalden (1919, info)   Vaud (1919, info)   Obwalden (1919, info)   Schwyz (1920, info)   Zürich (1920, info)   Ticino (1920, info)

Valais/Wallis (1921, info)   Bern/Berne (1921, info)   Switzerland (1921, info)   Zug (1922, info)   Fribourg/Freiburg (1922, info)   Luzern (1922, info)   Switzerland (1922, info)   Basel-Stadt (1923, info)

Glarus (1923, info)   Neuchâtel (1923, info)   Switzerland (1923, info)   Appenzell Innerrhoden (1924, info)   Solothurn (1924, info)   Schaffhausen (1924, info)   Switzerland (1924, info)   St. Gallen (1925, info)

Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1925, info)   Graubünden/Grischun/Grigioni (1925, info)   Switzerland (1925, info)   Thurgau (1926, info)   Baselland (1926, info)   Aargau (1926, info)   Switzerland (1926, info)

Coats of Arms of Cities (1928/1930)

The stamps were sold with surcharge in favour of the Pro Juventute foundation.

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Lausanne (1928, info)   Winterthur (1928, info)   St. Gallen (1928, info)

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Fribourg/Freiburg (1930, info)   Altdorf (1930, info)   Schaffhausen (1930, info)

Communal Coats of Arms (1978–1981)

The stamps were sold with surcharge in favour of the Pro Juventute foundation.

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Aarburg AG (1978, info)   Gruyères FR (1978, info)

Castasegna GR (1978, info)   Wangen an der Aare BE (1978, info)



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Cadro TI (1979, info)   Rüte AI (1979, info)

Schwamendingen ZH (1979, info)   Perroy VD (1979, info)



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Cortaillod NE (1980, info)   Sierre/Siders VS (1980, info)

Scuol GR (1980, info)   Wolfenschiessen NW (1980, info)



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Uffikon LU (1981, info)   Torre TI (1981, info)

Benken SG (1981, info)   Préverenges VD (1981, info)


The Red Colour

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Issue date: 2019
Face: 85+40 ct. (surcharge for Pro Patria foundation)
Catalogues and other info: see source
Source: https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/853053-The_Red_Colour-Pro_Patria_2019-Switzerland

The Proportions

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Issue date: 2019
Face: 100+50 ct. (surcharge for Pro Patria foundation)
Catalogues and other info: see source
Source: https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/853054-The_Proportions-Pro_Patria_2019-Switzerland