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AHPS Convention at NAPEX VOL. XX, NUMBER 5 SEPTEMBER 1994 Voice of the American Helvetia Philatelic Society A Reduced-Rate Letter to Italy Harlan F. Stone "Rayon limitrophe," the French term for border Under the Swiss postal conventions with Sardinia in zone, describes short-distance mail between Switzer- 1851, 1859 and 1860, the distance formula for reduced land and its neighbors that qualified for reduced postage changed several times . After the 1861 unification postage. Beginning in the mid-1800s, Swiss postal of Sardinia and other Italian states, a new Swiss-Italian conventions with France, German states, Austria and convention, effective July l, 1862, altered the rules again. Italian states defined the maximum distances that The border zone, which had extended 45 kilometers on mail could travel for a cut-rate amount . Sometimes each side of the Swiss-Sardinian border, remained that the distances were measured in a straight line from width, but now it was measured from eight transfer town of origin to destination, other times from the points near the border: Grand St. Bernard (Switzerland), border. To identify border zone mail, the forwarding Le Breuil (Italy), Iselle (I), Crodo (I), Canobbio (I), post offices used "RL" handstamps. In many cases, Camerlata (I), Splungen (S) and Tirano (I) .1 however, they applied this mark to mail destined for Also under the Swiss-Italian convention, the reduced points well beyond the border zone, which did not postage for mail traveling within the 90 km zone (45 km qualify for reduced postage . In other cases they on each side of these transfer points) fell from 20c to 10c, neglected to apply the "RL" mark . Understanding the but only for prepaid "RL" mail, at the same time the full sometimes complex formulas for measuring the rate fell from 40c to 30c per 10 grams . Also, post offices distances is important and not always easy. were no longer required to use "RL" handstamps. A particularly well-disguised piece of reduced- To interpret this card correctly, one must remember rate mail is this Swiss postal card, which went from that Italy did not accept Swiss postal cards before the Lugano on May 17, 1875, to Milan, Italy . It looks very Universal Postal Union became effective July 1, 1875. much like an ordinary 10-centime international card, To determine if this card was properly accepted as a paid with a 5c imprint and a 5c Sitting Helvetia 10c reduced-rate letter, one must gauge the distance it stamp. The only clue that this card may be unusual is traveled before and after passing through one of the eight the upside-down `PD" handstamp partly on top of the transfer points. Camerlata (just south of Como in Italy), "Milano" address, an unnecessary mark on a common is almost mid-way between Lugano and Milan. postal card requiring a standard amount of postage . (continued on page 2) American Helvetia Philatelic Society Contents Officers 1992–1994 ELECTED OFFICERS APPOINTED OFFICERS A Reduced-Rate Letter to Italy 1 President TELL Editor Ernest L. Bergman Steven S . Weston 1421 Harris St P.O . Box 868 From the President 3 State College PA 16803-3024 Del Mar CA 92014-0868 Home: 814-238-0164 619-752-7812 Editor's Comment 3 Past President TELL Editor, 1995 Mario Wiedenmeier Dick Barton AHPS Convention at NAPEX 4 12 Lyncrest Drive 2800 Crestview Galveston TX 77550-3215 Loveland CO 80538 Home : 409-763-4855 Home: 303-669-8130 NAPEX 94 Convention Awards 4 Vice-President Circuit Sales Manager AHPS Auction 101 5 Steve P . Turchik Emil L. Tobler 727 E . Pleasant St. P .O . Box 26 Santa Paula CA 93060 Bradford RI 02808 Postmark Pursuit 9 Home : 805-525-6362 Home : 401-377-2238 Automation of Mail as Seen by the Stamp Collector 10 Secretary & Librarian Auction Manager Richard T. Hall George Struble P .O . Box 666 210 18th St NE World War II — One More Time 12 Manhattan Beach CA 90266 Salem OR 97301 Home : 310-546-5226 Home : 503-364-3929 Profile of a Swiss Stamp Collector — Treasurer Publicity Chairman Robert Gleichenhaus 14 Frank Young Awards Chairman 412 North Main Street Editor Emeritus K-Cancel Update 15 Herkimer NY 13350 Harlan F . Stone Home : 315-866-7822 P.O. Box 334 Woodside NY 11377 Copyright 1994, The American Helvetia Philatelic Society (AHPS) . Regional Director West Home: 718-478-2374 TELL (ISSN 1042-2072) is the official journal of the American Dick Barton Helvetia Philatelic Society, affiliate #52 of the American Philatelic 2800 Crestview Slide Chairman Society and a member of the Union of Swiss Philatelic Societies . TELL Loveland CO 80538 Richard W. Blaney is published bimonthly (Jan/Mar/May/Jul/Sep/Nov). Home: 303-669-8130 PO Box 1100 Easton MA 02334-1100 Opinions expressed in this journal are those of the authors and are not Regional Director Central 508-238-3134 necessarily endorsed by AHPS or the Editor. William R. Lucas P.O . Box 2103 REPRESENTATIVES Letters and articles on Swiss, Liechtenstein, UN Geneva and Aurora IL 60507 Union of Swiss Philatelic related philately are welcome and should be sent to the Editor . Home: 312-983-9149 Societies Representative Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced. Whenever possible, Ralph Soderberg submit material on 514" or 3½" PC or Macintosh computer diskettes Regional Director East P.O . Box 36067 (high density Mac disks) . Illustrations may be submitted as full size David E . Durham, Pastor Grosse Pointe Woods photocopies ; or, we can copy/scan your originals (please contact the #7 Allenhurst Road MI 48236 Editor before sending actual stamps, covers, etc .). Please include your Buffalo NY 14214-1201 Home : 313-885-4125 address and telephone number. Home : 716-833-6504 American Philatelic Society Plan to attend/exhibit at Subscriptions for 1994, include AHPS dues : North America, $20; Charles J. LaBlonde these AHPS Conventions and overseas air delivery, $30 . Request membership applications from the P.O . Box 264 shows: Secretary . Change-of-Address should be sent to the Secretary. Chelmsford MA 01824 APS/SCOPEX March 1995 Home : 508-256-3904 State College PA Commercial advertising copy and rate inquiries should be sent to the Editor . Advertising deadlines are the first of the month prior to ARIPEX January 1996 Liechtenstein Study Group publication (Dec/Feb/Apr/Jun/Aug/Oct) . Phoenix AZ Chm: Max Rheinberger Pacific'97 100 Elizabeth St . # 510 Printed by Kettle Moraine Printing, West Bend WI 53095 . San Francisco CA Duluth MN 55802 Home: 218-728-3925 Cover: Measurements show that Lugano is about 27 km north and Milan about 36 km south, both within the 45 km limit from Camerlata. To emphasize that the card was fully prepaid to its destination as a " rayon limitrophe" letter, the Lugano post office added the " PD " handstamp. One can conclude that this card is really a rare border zone letter. " Les Marques `RL,' Rayon Limitrophe" by Louis Vuille, Postgeschichte, No. 19, September 1984, p.9. 2 TELL September 1994 If any AHPS member should be in Switzerland in From the President October and would like to be our delegate at the Delegate The 1994 convention in conjunction with NAPEX is Assembly of the Union of Swiss Philatelic Societies on already history and here are a few of my thoughts . First Saturday, October 15, 1994 at 10:45 a.m. in Chur, Grisons, of all, many thanks to Harlan Stone and his wife, Helen, please get in touch with me. I have the admission cards for the fine arrangements, and to David Durham for his and the agenda (via our representative Ralph Soderberg). great help at the reception table, and all others who were As a section of this Union, we can participate in the active during the 3-day show. To mention everyone of deliberations . Chur can easily be reached by train or car. about 25 Helvetia members who participated and, I Should you be in Switzerland in September 1994, believe, enjoyed themselves, would fill this column. there is GABRA III, September 23–25, in Burgdorf (near Competition in the exhibition was fierce and there Bern). GABRA stands for GAnzsachen (postal stationery) was a wide array of gorgeous Swiss material seldom and BRiefe (letters) and is sponsored by the Swiss Society assembled in the same exhibition . Somewhere else in Tell of Collectors of Postal Entires The show will have 500 you will find the show results. Charles LaBlonde was the frames (12 pages/frame) and 25 dealers. chief-judge of the jury and had his hands full. Also don't forget the big "Basler Taube 95" exhibition The membership meeting was well attended and we on June 17–25,1995 in Basel . If you received a vermeil or heard all kinds of reports . Naturally, as usual as of late, gold in a Champion of Champion U.S. show for your Swiss the question of Editor came up . I am very happy to Tell exhibit and would like to compete in Basel, Ralph Soder- announce that Dick Barton will be our new Editor berg can supply the necessary information and applica- starting with the January 1995 issue . His address tion blank. Let's have a get-together in sunny Basel after appears on the Officers page, so please send him your our possibly "wintery" convention in the hills of central articles by December 1st. Pennsylvania . Ernest L Bergman A motion was made that the Board of Directors look into the possibility of changing the publication procedure Editor's Comment by cutting back the number of Tell issues per year and Steven S. Weston just print newsletters in between. A report with the I'm happy to announce that we have a new editor for findings must be made to the membership by the end of the year! 1995.
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