Exactly 175 years after the first Swiss stamp, the Museum of Communication in Bern, in collaboration with the Postage Stamp Interest Group and the Swiss Post, celebrate the exhibition “Extreme: 175 Years of Swiss Stamps” which will last from March 2 to July 8, 2018. The rarest and most precious stamps of this period are presented.
On March 1, 1843, Switzerland writes a new page of history: in Zurich we could for the first time send a pre-stamped letter using a postage stamp costing only a few cents. The Swiss postage stamps are an international event, as Switzerland has a pioneering spirit: after England, it was the second country in the world to introduce the use of postal stamps.
