Switzerland Stamp Catalogues

    Hello,

    I am going to begin collecting switzerland stamps.
    I would like to ask you which catalogue is the best for switzerland stamp collector.
    I do not mind if it is written in german language.

    Furthermore i checked in the web and i find these catalogues:

    1. Zumstein Switzerland/Liechtenstein 2013
    2. Zumstein Spezialkatalog Schweiz 25. Bd1 & Bd2
    3. Schweizer Briefmarken-Katalog (SBK) 2013
    4. Michel Swheiz/Liechtenstein Spezial 2012

    I need the catalogue to be specialized especially at the early switzerland stamps(cantones).

    Which you think in the best choise?

    Thanks in advance.

    Panayotis

    Wow, Barry, how many collection areas do you have? On stampboards you are looking for Germany and Great Britain plating literature.

    If you already think "specialized", then the Zumstein Spezialkatalog is the way to go. It is written in German and French, with English introduction.
    But wait, the new, expanded issue is coming in 2014. (If you can't wait, buy an older one from ebay).

    For Cantonal stamps:

    Handbuch und Spezialkatalog «Schweizer Kantonalmarken 1843–1854» by Karl Louis, Antoine
    Clavel, Walter Brühlmann. A publication of Corinphila Auktionen AG, Zurich, Switzerland, 2011.

    Best regards, Claude