One can divide the Classic Switzerland collectors very easily into two categories:

1. Collectors, who are trying to get every cat. Number as single stamps, who are not interested in covers, multiples or cancellations. These collectors look after their treasures for decades and fill the gaps of the pre-printed album pages of various album producers.

2. Collectors, who are not satisfied with a ” basic collection” and who have apart from single stamps( mint or cancelled” also covers , multiples and cancellations. These are also those- perhaps best described as very advanced- collectors, who like to exhibit their collection. He works only with blank album pages, which he arranges individually. Thus, it is up to him how many pages he wants.

It was regrettable that we did have until now an intermediate stage. The new album of the Swiss Dealers Federation would like to fill this gap. It is in fact an artwork, which so to say not for the big exhibition collector, who desires anyway to arrange his own collection. Here in this case the idea is to offer to the “normal” collector, who filled so far only gaps in the album and who had only limited space of pre-printed albums, the opportunity to have more space and principally to build up his collection in a more descriptive and more instructive way. You see on all pages illustrations of the period of these classic first issues or professional explanations, which gives also a beginner a valuable and interesting idea about the history of classic Swiss stamps. You feel transferred back into the time and realises as a witness of the past period the first stamps and learns about this living treasure of Swiss culture. These old stamps of Switzerland will gain through this presentation not only beauty but will also arouse the interest of beginners and nonprofessionals. And this independently from the quality of its content.

We are convinced that this album will be extremely useful to the majority of “normal” collectors, realising that their stamps of the first issues look much than later perforated stamps or even those of the 20th century, which are mostly boring or “simple”. You cannot, however, increase the number of stamps with this new album but one gets at least the feeling that the already arranged stamps look better and more imposing and arouse the interest of the newcomer. The whole part of Classic Stamps of Switzerland looks carefully displayed.