Lucerne (CH)

City coat of arms

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"auto","height":"300px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":12,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.047503,"lon":8.30814,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Lucerne (German: Luzern, French: Lucerne, Italian: Lucerna, Romansh: Lucerna; Lucerne Swiss-German: Lozärn) is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name.Due to its location on the shore of Lake Lucerne (der Vierwaldstättersee), within sight of Mount Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne has long been a destination for tourists. One of the city's famous landmarks is the Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a wooden bridge first erected in the 14th century.

Postmark Examples

Pre-philately until 1 Jan 1849

1823

25 AVR 1835

18 SEPT 1838

17 NOV 1847

19th century

12 JUN 1851

9 FEB 1855

16 DEC 1855

Razor Blade Postmarks used from 1898 to 1940

Stamp Overview

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

Examples

Type 8.01 – 9 May 1899	Type 8.02 - 23 Jan 1903	Type 8.03 – 28 Nov 1917	Type 8.04 – 15 Jul 1924
Type 8.05 – 23 Jun 1919

Postcards and Letters

File:Luzern Lu.jpg Type 8.01

Defects and damage

#8.01

Type 8.01.1 – 29 Jul 1900

Type 8.01.1 Location postcard from 2 Jul 1900.

#8.04

Type 8.04.1 – 23 Jun 1920

#8.05

Type 8.05.1 – 27 Jan 1920 Type 8.05.2 – 17 May 1921

Type 8.05.3 – 25 Nov 1923

Postcards

Type 8.05.1 – 1 Aug 1919

Type 8.05.3 – 27 Mar 1940 - Last known mark of a razor blade stamp.

To the catalog of razor blade stamps.

20th century

LUZERN BRF AUFG (Brief Aufgabe) in 1903	LUZERN on the 1907 issue (?)	Bridge LUZERN in 1908
LUZERN 2 in 1955.	LUZERN 2 in 1958.

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel Luzern 1949. City Promotion.

Slogan cancel Luzern 1950

Slogan cancel Luzern 1975

Slogan cancel Luzern 1995. City Promotion.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Luzern 1946

Meter cancel Luzern 1966

Meter cancel Luzern 1980. Sauerstoff- & Wasserstoff-Werke.