COVER N. 692 - SWITZERLAND

Postmark: 3000 Bern 6 Kirchenfeld 20.02.2026

Posted on the 20th February;  Received on the 26th February 2026

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Vielen Dank Vural, for another nice clean cover , this time with a humourous touch.... I'd say it's a GOAL!

Stamps:

1981 was proclaimed by the  General Assembly of the United Nations as the International Year of Disabled Persons.

Calling on the attention of the general public to this fact, many postal administrations across the globe issued commemorative stamps for this occasion. Swiss Post was one of them, having issued on  09MAR1981 the 0.40 Swiss Frank stamp on the cover.

Swiss Sport Aid, or better yet Schweizer Sporthilfe is a foundation established in 1970 with a view to financially support talented  athletes with or without disabilities throughout their sporting career.

The 0.30 Swiss Frank  stamp illustrated with what I presume to be the logo of the foundation was issued on  issued on 19SEP1974.

The 14th UEFA Women’s European Football Championship took place in Switzerland  from 2 to 27 July 2025.

The tournament was won by the British team who defeated the Spanish squad in the final game. 

To celebrate the event, Swiss Post issued on 08MAY2025 a rather funny self-adhesive 1.20 SWF stamp, illustrated with  a match scene on which a goalkeeper fails to stop the ball from hitting the inside of the goal's net... the funny part ifs that the ball is printed as a cutout, and so it can be placed outside of the stamp itself, just as Vural did on this cover.

The postmark was applied at Kirchenfeld, an historic district in the South of the city of Bern, the Swiss capital.