Swiss Stamp - Something New?

Just got this Christmas Card from Switzerland. On the bottom of of the stamp a priority stamp is attached like I have some Belgium stamps, except these are new stamps and there are no perfs seperating the stamps.The 2 stamps match with the perfs...You know what I mean?

Sorry for the scan, best I can do...

Not super new. I don't now when they started it, but it must be at least ten years. "A" service is next day in Switzerland; "B" service is three-day. You pay more for "A" service, so you are incentivized to point it out, either by marking a big "A" on the cover, or using one of these stickers.

This is a 2006 self adhesive stamp of the Common Cuckoo, better scan from ebay:



So this means that the Priority label is not attached at all to the stamp or perhaps has two or three little paper tabs holding it there?

It does come without the label, picture from Delcampe.



I like this series, nicely designed.

Thanks puzzler.



So what I am hearing is this blue stamp is attached for overseas mail,like an air mail sticker? If it is mailed within Europe one would not need that blue sticker. Interesting. Now, the question is:
how is the stamp sold? with or without the blue part?

Anybody knows?

I think the label is sold with the stamp. Looking at the pics I posted you can see on the stamp alone pic that on the left most bottom perf there is the remains of where a paper tab was, the label being torn off rather than cleanly die cut.

Looking at the stamp and label pic, you can see that on either end or the stamp bottom it is connected solidly by a small tab of paper to the label where the die cutting does not encroach into.

I have been trying to find more info on this or a pic of a booklet or sheet but no luck so far. Speaking German would help I think.

Data from WNS web site, the Universal Postal Union's World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP)'s Numbering System. How's that for a mouth full? Located in Switzerland (ch on the web).
http://wnsstamps.ch/en/stamps/CH002.06

#CH002.06

Country / Post 	Switzerland
Date of Issue 	7 March 2006
Primary theme 	Fauna (Birds - General)
Subject 	Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
Width 	        33.0 mm
Height 	        38.0 mm
Denomination 	2.40 CHF
Number in set 	1
Layout/Format 	self adhesive sheet of 50
Perforations 	12 by 12
Stamp issuing authority 	La Poste
Printer 	Joh Enschedé

WNS's pic:


On this even better picture you can see the two end bottom tab connections from label to stamp and also one in the center of the perfs on the bottom. So three tabs, so when you peel it off the sheet of 50 the label stays attached if you are careful.

I just couldn't believe that everyone who used one of these stamp / label combos was that careful in aligning the label perfs with the stamp perfs.

Canada 2004-2011 coil stamps are attached to each other (mostly) this way, to keep them from unpeeling off of the roll of stamps.

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Means that mailing within Switzerland, when you pay more for the A service and expect to get the 1 day delivery, it is in your best interests to use the stamp with the A label attached so as to draw attention to people sorting the mail.

If they are like most postal clerks around the world they look for certain colours and do not read the labels as they could be in many languages.

The blue label is given priority and is sorted into the slots that get next day delivery.

Even if you paid the extra money for the priority service, but did not use the blue label, your envelope could travel second class and arrive days and days alter than what you wanted it to do.

I have noticed that if I use the Canadian blue airmail labels on international mailings from ebay sales the feedback comes in quicker than if I don't use the labels. That means it gets there quicker. Some countries treat these labels very seriously because they may not have the speed of sorting and delivery we do or for whatever other reasons.

First class means first class and second class means it gets done when it gets done. Canada and the USA do not have (to my knowledge anyway) second class mail in letters. Everything is first class. Some countries have second class to save customers money and to increase their sales also for those things that can get there when they get there, more or less.

The UPU...my latest thread is UPU.

Thanks for all the info. Here is a scan of the top of the envelope
and there is a cancellation besides the stamp! Twice the info..
Strange...