How Many?

I've been going through a kilo of stamps from Switzerland and going through and going through. It just seems that there is mainly one kind of a stamps and it may be a set when I check it out in the catalog. I have found a few stamps that are different than what seems to be the main stamp of the pile.

Did they ever mention a total of a certain stamp that was printed? Not just for Switzerland, but for any country? Is there a way to find that out?

I'll probably have enough of this one stamp to paper a wall....lol

Donna

Donna,

Up until around 2002 the Zumstein catalog lists the number of stamps issued. Not sure why it cuts off at around that date. Not sure why, perhaps the data isn't yet available.

Switzerland stamps are very "oriented". There is the annual Pro Patria and Pro Juventute semi-postal series, each of 4 to 5 individual stamps in each year's edition, but I'd be surprised if you're seeing those in kiloware. The definitives are also very series oriented and although there might be a new definitive issued each year for the main postal need, over several years, they tend to look like a series. I suspect you're getting one of those series in your kiloware.

Perhaps you could scan one?

Also, sorry if you've got too much of the same thing in the kiloware, same has happened to me with 7lbs of GB. Got a tons of Christmas stamps.

-Larry

As far as I know the quantities of stamps delivered to Canada Post of all stamps - from whatever printers - are in the public domain. The Unitrade catalogue publishes such quantities - for all issues. I expect the same for any other national catalogue........but who knows.............

are you talking about common designs listed in the front of the Scotts Catalog?

Michel also lists quantity printed.

No chance of a scan Donna?

Sorry Guys, remember? I don't have a scanner, but the ones that I am talking about from Switzerland are the very ones in this thread about Streamlined Moderne from stampgal
https://goscf.com/t/9554&whichpage=1

Ah! I presume the 1932 or 1936 "Landscapes"

Yep, there are oooodlies of these common definitives.
They all look the same, but a colleague of mine who collects
switzerland, fly specks these, and just one stamp
with a flaw can raise 500 euros.
Do you store them all, just in case? ...Your call

dedicated catalogues will show the emmissions printed,
I have them for the US.

Really? That's some kiloware. Sound like you've got a ton of the 1949 Technology and Landscape issue which was the main definitive set in Switzerland until around 1960. I'm a little surprised that you'd get a series as old as that in kiloware.

How many did they issue? There were 2.2 billion of the 10c. The rest are in the 100s of millions except for the high and low values. They really aren't worth anything except one variety of the 20c. But you'd have to count the number of lines above a rock for that one. (three is what you want)

I should also mention that it is very popular amongst Swiss collectors to get cancelled copies from as many post offices as is possible and there is a strict hierarchy in Swiss collecting regarding the desirability of cancellation marks. (That would be one way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear)

If you'd like to understand more about this series, please take a look at http://www.swiss-stamps.us/Exhibits...001.001.html

-Larry