Hi! Just joined for a little help with a few things. Last year my 86 year old father showed me his album from his youth in Schwyz and I endeavored to finish his album as best I could. I ended up going crazy and nearly filled two Lindners (Cantonals to 1959, except the first two pages) of mostly Mint stamps. I still need to fill in the holes in my dad's album, but it will be much more of a process than with Lindner pages. Anyway, my question is, could someone clarify the Y/T numbering for the 1868 stamps and 3fr 1874. I know 1877 are the B (1-6, no 20 fr) and 1881 (granite paper) are A (1-8, no 7 (was for gold gilt 1868 as 7B). Thanks in advance to whomever can clarify this for me. Cheers Ruckus
I'd suggest moving to Michel (arguably the go-to for anywhere in continental Europe) or Zumstein (the specialist bible for Swiss philately) and saving yourself the Y&T aggravation.
Oh! That's what I was looking for. I get it now. All the white paper stamps are B. The original 1868 batch starts at 3 for the 25c stamp and Y/T just indicate carmin. 19 stamps like Zum and Mi.
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