World Stamp Catalogue/Lucerne (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.

1878
Arms of Lucerne, without overprint.

1880-1887
Arms of Lucerne, with overprint month and year.

1889-1890
Arms of Lucerne, with overprint 'Emission', month and year.

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.

1894-1896
Larger size, 24.5x34mm. The 'C' of 'Cts.' measures 1.5mm. Perforated 14.

1896-1940
Inscription in different font and larger size. The 'C' of 'Cts.' measures 1.8mm. Perforated 13.75-14.

Markings
Two different categories of revenue markings can be distinguished:
 * Hand stamps (A),
 * Relief (dry) marking (C) from 1805.