Basel Carnival gets three new postal stamps
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss postal service will start selling its newest commemorative stamps, for the famed Basel Carnival (Fasnacht), 5 January to collectors and 12...
View ArticlePhilately: Basel Carnival stamp
GenevaLunch News The Swiss postal service, La Poste, bissued the Basel Carnival commemorative stamp 5 January 2009. You can order them online, in English. Great for collectors, or even as easy gifts...
View ArticleHead of Swiss postal system quits
GenevaLunch News Béglé argued Swiss Post International and Finance were key new revenue streams Update 23:10 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Claude Béglé , chairman of the board of Swiss Post, the...
View ArticleHasler new head at Swiss Post
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Peter Hasler has been named to head Swiss Post, the national postal service, effective immediately. He replaces Claude Béglé, who stepped down from...
View ArticleDeregulation of postal market likely to be slowed
GenevaLunch News Ongoing battle over press postal subsidy continues Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The upper house of the Swiss parliament’s transport and telecommunications commission has agreed to...
View ArticleSwiss voters told to mail their ballots on time
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Post is reminding citizens who vote by mail, 90 percent of them for federal elections, to mail in their ballots on time. Voters can use fast mail (A) up until...
View ArticleSay it with stamps! Merry Christmas from Swiss Post
GenevaLunch News Forget the Christmas licking – self-adhesive holiday stamps are here BERN, SWITZERLAND – Stamp collectors and those who still send Christmas cards (and this is not a dying breed,...
View ArticleWilliam Tell is still sticky after 500 years
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Post 9 May put its new spring stamps on the market. This year’s batch of philately delights includes two William Tell stamps, for fans of Swiss history. The...
View ArticleWhite powder alert turns out to be starch
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich police evacuated 200 people from a post office sorting centre Tuesday evening at 20:15 as a precaution while firefighters and forensic experts were called...
View ArticleUS gov’t sues Armstrong over Post Office money
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The US Department of Justice is reportedly suing former cycling champion Lance Armstrong for $100 million for sponsorship money provided by the US Postal Service....
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