World Stamp Catalogue/Lucerne (Switzerland)

See also: World Stamp Catalogue/Switzerland

Revenue stamps of Lucerne (Switzerland).

Canton of Lucerne

The canton of Lucerne is located in the centre of Switzerland. 279 different stamps were issued between 1878 and 1957 for general tax purposes only. Special issues like essays are known.

The amount of tax in Lucerne, as in Schwyz and Zug, was defined by the size of the document (discontinued in 1950). For simple legal matters:

5c - 1/8 bogen, smaller or equal to A6
10c - 1/4 bogen, A5
20c - 1/2 bogen, A4
40c - 1 bogen, larger or equal to A3

The tax stamps of Lucerne were to be cancelled either by manuscript (company name and date) or handstamp.^[1]

1878

Arms of Lucerne, without overprint.

5c
10c
10c
20c
20c
40c

1880-1887

Arms of Lucerne, with overprint month and year.

January 1880, 5c
January 1880, 10c
August 1880, 5c
August 1880, 10c
November 1881, 5c)
November 1881, 10c
November 1881, 20c
November 1881, 40c
December 1883, 5c
December 1883, 20c
March 1885, 5c
March 1885, 10c
March 1885, 20c
May 1886, 5c
May 1886, 10c
September 1887, 5c
September 1887, 10c
September 1887, 40c

1889-1890

Arms of Lucerne, with overprint 'Emission', month and year.

February 1889, 5c
February 1889, 5c
February 1889, 10c
February 1889, 20c
February 1889, 40c
December 1890, 5c
December 1890, 10c
December 1890, 20c

1891-1894

Changed design, overprint 'E' (of Emission) in corner upper left, numeral (month) in corner upper right and the year in the lower corners. Size 22x31.5mm.

1891, 5c - 11-91
1891, 5c - 11-91
1891, 10c - 11-91
1891, 10c - 11-91
1891, 10c - 11-91. Used in Hasle
1891, 20c - 11-91
1891, 20c - 11-91. Used in Grossdietwil
1893, 5c - 8-93
1894, 10c - 3-94
1894, 20c - 3-94
1894, 40c - 3-94

1894-1896

Larger size, 24.5x34mm. The 'C' of 'Cts.' measures 1.5mm. Perforated 14.

1894, 10c - 3-94
1894, 5c - 8-94
1894, 5c - 12-94
1895, 5c - 5-95
1895, 10c - 9-95
1895, 20c -11-95
1896, 5c - 2-96
1896, 5c - 7-96
1896, 10c - 12-96

1896-1940

Inscription in different font and larger size. The 'C' of 'Cts.' measures 1.8mm. Perforated 13.75-14.

1896-1897

1897, 5c - E 1 97
1897, 30c - E 1 97
1897, 40c - E 1 97
1897, 50c - E 1 97
1897, 60c - E 1 97
1897, 70c - E 1 97
1897, 80c - E 1 97
1897, 90c - E 1 97
1897, 1Fr - E 1 97
1897, 2Fr - E 1 97
1897, 3Fr - E 1 97
1897, 4Fr - E 1 97
1897, 5Fr - E 1 97
1897, 10Fr - E 1 97
1897, 30Fr - E 1 97
1897, 40Fr - E 1 97
1897, 50Fr - E 1 97
1897, 100Fr - E 1 97
1897, 20c - E 8 97
1897, 10c - E 11 97 (plate error: broken dash)

1898-1905

1898, 5c - E 1 98
1898, 10c - E 5 98
1898, 10c pair - E 5 98
1899, 5c - E 2 99
1899, 10c - E 6 99
1899, 20c - E 7 99
1899, 40c - E 11 99
1900, 5c - E 5 00
1901, 10c - E 3 01
1901, 5c - E 8 01
1901, 20c - E 12 01
1901, 40c - E 12 01
1902, 5c - E 5 02
1902, 10c - E 5 02
1903, 10c - E 6 03
1903, 10c - E 10 03
1904, 20c - E 1 04
1904, 5c - E 10 04
1905, 40c - E 1 05
1905, 10c - E 5 05
1905, 5c - E 10 05
1905, 5c - E 10 05

1906-1909

1906, 10c - E 5 06
1906, 5c - E 8 06
1906, 20c - E 12 06
1907, 30c - E 1 07
1907, 40c - E 7 07
1907, 5c - E 9 07
1908, 10c - E 1 08
1908, 20c - E 5 08
1908, 5c - E 7 08
1909, 10c - E 1 09
1909, 30c - E 1 09
1909, 20c - E 7 09
1909, 10c - E 11 09
1909, 5c - E 12 09

1910-1914

1910, 40c - E 1 10
1910, 50c - E 6 10
1911, 5c - E 2 11
1911, 10c - E 2 11
1911, 20c - E 2 11
1911, 2Fr - E 12 11
1912, 20c - E 1 12
1912, 40c - E 1 12
1912, 10c - E 6 12
1912, 5c - E 7 12
1912, 50c - E 11 12
1913, 20c - E 2 13
1913, 30c - E 3 13
1913, 1Fr - E 3 13
1914, 5c - E 1 14
1914, 10c - E 2 14
1914, 20c - E 4 14
1914, 2Fr - E 4 14

1915-1937

1915, 5c - E 4 15
1915, 5c - E 4 15
1915, 40c - E 4 15
1915, 50c - E 5 15
1915, 20c - E 6 15
1918, 5c - E 9 18
1919, 20c - E 8 19
1920, 5c - E 4 20
1923, 10c - E 2 23
1924, 10c - E 5 24
1937, 40c pair - E 4 37
1914 Receipt with 5c - E 1 14

Markings

Two different categories of revenue markings can be distinguished:

Hand stamps (A),
Relief (dry) marking (C) from 1805.

1805, 3R (C)

References

↑ Gross, J. (1889). Stempel-Vorschriften für Wechsel, Checks und andere Handelspapiere sowie die wichtigsten wechselrechtlichen Bestimmungen ausländischer Staaten. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 79. ISBN 9783662326855.

[1] Gross, J. (1889). Stempel-Vorschriften für Wechsel, Checks und andere Handelspapiere sowie die wichtigsten wechselrechtlichen Bestimmungen ausländischer Staaten. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 79. ISBN 9783662326855.

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