The Zumstein catalog is a

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from

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It has been issued regularly since 1909 and is considered to be an important reference work of Swiss

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. It is published in

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and French languages. The catalog is produced by the Swiss company

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. While their main product is a catalog for the stamps of Switzerland and neighboring country

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, updated annually, they also publish catalogs for "Europa West" (

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) and "Europa Ost" (

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). In addition, they produce a lengthier specialized catalog for Switzerland, as well as a number of monographs on topics in Swiss philately. The Zumstein catalogs were originated by the philatelist Ernst Zumstein, who founded the stamp shop Zumstein in 1905 and published the journal ''Philatelistische Börsennachrichten'' starting in 1907 (this journal is still published today, since 1915 under the name ''Berner Briefmarken-Zeitung''). Wednesday, 3 May 2017

References

External links

Publisher's website (in German)
Stamp catalogs {{ref-book-stub