Basel (CH)

5 + 5c Coat of arms of Basel
Pro Juventute 1923

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Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city (behind Zürich and Geneva) with about 195,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. In 2011, the Basel agglomeration was the third largest in Switzerland with a population of 500,600 in 74 municipalities in Switzerland and an additional 53 in neighboring countries (municipal count as of 2000). The tri-national metropolitan area has around 830,000 inhabitants in 226 municipalities.

Located in northwest Switzerland on the river Rhine, Basel functions as a major industrial centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The Basel region, culturally extending into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace, reflects the heritage of its three states in the modern Latin name: "Regio TriRhena". It has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460). Basel is German-speaking. The local variant of the Swiss German dialects is called Basel German.

Basel is among the most important cultural centres of Switzerland. The city comprises a large number of theatres and many museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the world's oldest art collection accessible to the public. In addition the Theater Basel was chosen in 1999 as the best stage for German-language performances and in 2009 & 2010 as "Opera of the Year" by German Opera Magazine "Opernwelt".

Postmark Examples

19th century

Bridge BASEL in 1871	Bridge in 1874.	Bridge BRF + EXP in 1878.
Bridge in 1882.	CoA cancel on a 1900 issue	BASEL 2. FIL. B.B. in 1904.

Covers

Dec.19,1863 BASEL folded letter sent from Basel,Switzerland to Toulouse via Paris,France. Tied with a pair of Sitting Helvetia 20 c.Orange 1862-64.

Dec.19,1863 BASEL reverse

Price list by way of a folded letter sent from Basel to Verriers on 2 November 1871.

1871 BASEL price list

Razor Blade Postmarks

Trade Fair - Basel 1901 and 1921

Stamp Overview

Literature: Excerpt from Handbook Swiss "Razor Blade Postmarks" 2015 To the catalog of razor blade stamps.

Type 0.06 : Postcard from Aarwangen to Basel.

File:Basel (CH) ot-.jpg Type 0.06 :

Type 0.06a : 28.VI.1921

Razor Blade Postmarks used from 10.10.1898 to 29.10.1926

Stamp Overview

Literature: Excerpt from Handbook Swiss "Razor Blade Postmarks" 2015 To the catalog of razor blade stamps.

Examples

File:Basel (CH) Ba202-.jpg

Type 2.02 :

File:Basel (CH) Ba205-.jpg

Type 2.05 :

Type 2.01 : 27.IX.1900

File:Basel (CH) Ba202-.jpg Type 2.02 :

Type 2.03 : 18.X.1902

Type 2.04 : 7.XI.1924

Defects and damage

#2.01

File:Basel (CH) Ba2011-?.jpg Type 2.01.1 :

File:Basel (CH) Ba2012-?.jpg Type 2.01.2 :

#2.02

File:Basel (CH) Ba2021-.jpg Type 2.02.1 :	File:Basel (CH) Ba2022-.jpg Type 2.02.2 :	Type 2.02.3 1. Stadium : 9.XI.1900	File:Basel (CH) Ba2023-2-.jpg Type 2.02.3 2. Stadium :
File:Basel (CH) Ba2024-.jpg Type 2.02.4 :	File:Basel (CH) Ba2025-.jpg Type 2.02.5 :

#2.03

File:Basel (CH) Ba2031-?.jpg Type 2.03.1 :

File:Basel (CH) Ba2032-.jpg Type 2.03.2 :

To the catalog of razor blade stamps.

20th century

Bridge BASEL .. in 1902

Bridge BASEL 16 in 1910

Bridge BASEL 1 PAKET.. in 1918

Circles BASEL 1 BRIEFAUFGABE (Letters "Hand-over" to P.O. or "departure" in 1919

Basel 1 BRIEFANNAHME (Letters reception) in 1930

Basel 10 .. BETHEN in 1931

BASEL 2 BRIEFVERSAND (Letters expedition) in 1942.

BASEL 2 BRIEFVERSAND (Delivery Office) double circle cancel of 1947. Basel 2 office was located at the train station.

BASEL 2 in 1956.

DC at BASEL 2 BRIEFVERSAND (Letters expedition) in 1960

4001-BASEL-1, 2012

Machine postmark / Slogan cancels

Basel-2 1946

Basel-2 1949

Basel-2 1962

Basel-1 1979

Basel-1 1984

Basel-2 1988

Music festival "Rheinknie Session 92", 18 Oct 1992

Music festival "Rheinknie Session 94" 14-29 October, 19 Sep 1994

Music festival "Rheinknie Session 95" 13-27 October, 20 Oct 1995

Music festival "Rheinknie Session 96" 20-29 October, 16 Sep 1996

"AVO Session am Rheinknie" 5-15 Nov 1998, 1 Oct 1998

Temporary Cancels

These rounded corner box cancels were issued to offices to cover temporary interim repairs or times when a canceller needed remade.

BASEL B.B. 1889 Basel Badischer Bahnhof Railway Station Office.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Basel-2 1940.

Meter cancel Basel 1968.

Meter cancel Basel-23 1968.

Meter cancel Basel-5 1973.

Meter cancel Basel-2 1977.

Meter cancel Basel-18 1978.

Meter cancel Basel-2 1980.

Meter cancel Basel-30 1981.

Meter cancel Basel-15 1981.

Meter cancel Basel-7 1984.

Meter cancel Basel-1 1985.

Meter cancel Basel-1 1989.

Meter cancel Basel-21 1996.

Meter cancel Basel, 1999.