SWITZERLAND Children Welfare 'PRO JUVENTUTE' (from 1913 onwards)

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In 1912 3 labels for the Children Welfare fund were issued, however, they are not stamps, inscription in German, French or Italian: 'Viel Sonnenschein im neuen Jahr!', 'Soleil et sante a tous!', 'Un'anno di sole!' (all in different colours):

At the backside of these stamps a text is written (different language for each stamp): 'Für die Jugend Der Ertrag dieser Weihnachts- marke dient zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose bei den Kindern' or 'Pour la Jeunesse Le produit sera affecté à la lutte contre la tuberculose chez les enfants'.

I know that the forger Peter Winter has made forgeries of at least the red label, examples:

(Peter Winter forgery)

(Peter Winter forgery on cut of letter with cancel)

1913 Inscription 'PRO JUVENTUTE PR 10 CENT 1 XII 13 - 28 X 14'

(Reduced size)

  5 (+5 c) green

This stamp has perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1915 Girl from Appenzell and boy from Luzern

  5 c green
  10 c red

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1916 Girl from Freiburg, boy from Bern and girl from Waadt

  3 (+2) c violet
  5 (+5) c green
  10 +(5) c red

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1917 Girl from Wallis, girl from Unterwald and girl from Tessino

  3 (+2) c violet
  5 (+5) c green
  10 +(5) c red

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1918 Arms of several cantons, incription 'PRO JUVENTUTE 1918'

(Uri and Geneva)

  10 c red, black and yellow on yellow
  15 c violet, black, red and yellow on yellow

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1919 Arms of several cantons, incription 'PRO JUVENTUTE 1919'

(Nidwalden, Vaud and Obwalden)

  7 1/2 c grey, black and red
  10 c red, black and green
  15 c violet, black and red

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1920 Arms of several cantons, incription 'PRO JUVENTUTE 1920'

  7 1/2 c grey, black and red (Schwyz)
  10 c red, black and blue (Zurich)
  15 c violet, black, red and blue (Ticino)

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 and watermark 'Cross'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Later issues, arms of the cantons of Switzerland, examples:

1921 Juventute issue

1922 Juventute issue: 5 c, 10 c and 20 c

(1922 40 c arms of Switzerland)

(Glaris and Schaffhausen)

In 1921 were issued 10 c (Valais), 20 c (Bern) and 40 c (arms of Switzerland).
In 1922 were issued 5 c (Zug), 10 c (Fribourg), 20 c (Lucerne) and 40 c (arms of Switzerland).
In 1923 were issued 5 c (Basel-City), 10 c (Glarus), 20 c (Neuchatel) and 40 c (arms of Switzerland).
In 1924 were issued 5 c (Appenzell Inner Rhodes), 10 c (Soloturn), 20 c (Schaffhausen) and 30 c (arms of Switzerland).
In 1925 were issued 5 c (St.Gallen), 10 c (Appenzell Outer Rhodes), 20 c (Graubunden) and 30 c (arms of Switzerland).
In 1926 were issued 5 c (Thurgau), 10 c (Basel-Country), 20 c (Aargau) and 30 c (arms of Switzerland).

1927 Commemoration of 100 year birthday of Pestalozzis

  5 c lilac and yellow on grey
  10 c green and red on green
  20 c red
  30 c black and blue

1928 Arms of Winterthur, Lausanne, St.Gallen and portrait of Henri Dunant (30 c)

  5 c lilac, red and black
  10 c blue, red and black
  20 c red and black
  30 c blue and red 

1929 Various mountain views and portrait of Nikolaus v. der Flue (30 c)

  5 c violet and red
  10 c brown and grey
  20 c brown and blue
  30 c blue

1930 Arms of Freiburg, Altdorf and Schaffhausen and portrait of Jeremias Gotthelf (30 c)

  5 c green, black and blue
  10 c lilac, black and red
  20 c red, black, green and yellow
  30 c blue 

1931 Various views (Graubunden, Berner Oberland and West Switzerland) and Alexandre Vinet (30 c)

  5 c green
  10 c violet
  20 c red
  30 c violet

1932 Inscription 'PRO JUVENTUTE', various sports and portrait of E.Huber (30 c)

  5 c + 5 c green and red
  10 c + 5 c orange
  20 c + 5 c red
  30 c + 10 c blue

1932 Various costumes and portrait of Father Gregor

  5 c + 5 c green and brown
  10 c + 5 c violet and brown
  20 c + 5 c red and brown
  30 c + 10 c blue

1934 Various regional costumes (Canton indicated at the right hand bottom side) and Albrecht v.Haller, inscription 'PRO JUVENTUTE 1934'

  5 c green and yellow ('Appenzell')
  10 c violet and yellow ('Valais')
  20 c red and yellow ('Graubunden')
  30 c blue (A.v.Haller)

1935 Various regional costumes (Canton indicated at the right hand bottom side) and Stefano Franscini, inscription 'PRO JUVENTUTE 1935'

  5 c green and yellow ('Baselland')
  10 c violet and yellow ('Luzern')
  20 c red and yellow ('Geneve')
  30 c blue (Stefano Franscini)

1936 Various regional costumes (Canton indicated at the right hand bottom side) and Hans Georg Naseli, inscription 'PRO JUVENTUTE 1936'

  5 c green (Hans Georg Naseli)
  10 c violet and yellow ('Neuchatel')
  20 c red and yellow ('Schwyz')
  30 c blue and yellow ('Zurich)

More pro-juventute stamps followed in the years to come, but with different designs.

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