Spezialkatalog und Handbuch - Die Ganzsachen der Schweiz 2010, by Zumstein.

Published by Zumstein, 2009.  S/B, 480pp.

This is the 11^th edition of the specialised catalogue on the postal stationery of Switzerland.  The catalogue is divided into three chapters - 1) official postal stationery, such as envelopes, postcards, wrappers, aerogrammes, postal orders, and parcel labels, 2) service stationery, including Swiss Federal Railway, Rhaetian Railway, Industrial War Economy Section, and Swiss Post, Telegraph and Telephone Administration, and 3) printed to private order envelopes, postcards, labels, postal orders, etc.  German text, with an English and French introduction and contents page.  Illustrated in colour, with prices in Swiss Francs.

Philatelic Exporter review, courtesy of David Rennie (January 2010):

As part of its centenary programme, this catalogue is now published in full colour throughout. Although the introduction and notes is given in French, German and English, the remainder of the catalogue is in German, easy enough to follow, but the value of the notes is lost to the non-German reader. This appears to be the eleventh edition, but previous publication details are not given.

The contents divide into three main sections: Official Postal Stationery, Service stationery, and Printed to Private Order. Within each section the specific items such as Envelopes, Postcards, Postal Orders, Parcel Labels etc. have their individual listings; which themselves list varieties of size and layout for the various items as they occur.

There are separate consolidated tables in alphabetical order of illustration, of the 1935-40, 1943-48, 1949-58 and 1961-64 period picture card sets, which also provide tick-box facilities for the collector.

The Service section includes the Swiss Railway official issues and the Post, Telegraph & Telephone Administration issues.

Within the PPO section, notes are provided for the 1798-1803 Helvetik items, and comprehensive coverage of the 1803-1848 Cantonal issues which are well described, illustrated and priced. Also in this section are the Universal Reply Coupons.