POSTER STAMPS SWISS LACUSTRES CIVILIZATION PILOTIS STONE AXES ORNEMENTS AGE OF BRONZE NESTLE 

 

This is a marvellous set of 12 poster stamps edited by Swiss firm Nestlé-Peter-Cailler-Kohler Chocolate. The set belongs to the series Wonders of the World edited in 1931 and represents series n. 46 which theme is about tribes civilizations living around lakes in Switzerland.

From top to bottom and from left to right:

Pilotis  - Un village lacustre reconstitute – Lacustres en chasse, dans leur pirogue – Haches de pierre – Lacustresd’aujourd’hui (île de Celébes) – Epées en bronze – Collier de bronze – Bijoux de l’époque lacustre – Faucille et pointe de lance – Une riche Lacustre, en costume de fête, à gauche, tissage – Rasoir lacustre; anneaux servant de monnaie – Symbole religieux des Lacustres.

The collection is complete which add to the extreme difficulty of having all of them stay together after all this time. The stamps are made of thin paper with dimension 1.6 x 2.2 inches. Traces of difficult readable text on the back of the stamps.

 

This article is in good conditions as illustrated in the picture shown.