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[15] In 1843, the cantonal post of Zürich issued the first stamp in Switzerland[16] so the postman was relieved of the duty of collecting the money from the clients.[17] In Canton Bern the Fischerpost was the official provider of postal services, and it also operated the line over the Gotthard Pass to Italy.[22] Lucerne expanded its own service to the south in the Ticino, and its messengers were given transit rights through the cantons of Schwyz and Uri.[27] The location of Basel at the northern border of Switzerland made the city a prominent centre for international mail exchange.[33] After four years of litigation before a court in Frankfurt, the Duke of Thurn und Taxis conceded the postal rights of Schaffhausen to Switzerland in return for 150,000 CHF in 1853.[38] At the beginning of the twentieth century, with technological progress, new significant means of communication arrived: the telephone and the telegraph.[41] Under Guido Nobel, Swiss Post introduced several innovations: in 1975, the first national mobile telephone network (Nationales Autotelefonnetz, from which the name Natel is derived) was established.[42] In 1978, the first Postomat (ATM) in the country was inaugurated,[43] and in 1982, barcodes were introduced for mail processing, along with the creation of a new logo for Swiss Post by the typographer Adrian Frutiger.[45] Also under Nobel, in the first half of 1986, the postal service began the national implementation of the ISDN internet network,[46] which was launched in 1988,[47] and in 1987, the videotex/teletext system was introduced.[50] Under the new legislation that came into effect between 2012 and 2013, PostFinance was spun off into a private limited company subject to the supervision of FINMA, while remaining entirely owned by Swiss Post.[60] Due to changing societal habits and the rise of digital activities, between 2000 and 2024 there has been a rationalization of services, reducing the number of postal offices from approximately 3,500 to around 700.[65][54] The wagons with 4 axles were equipped with compartments in which the mail was sorted[65] and by 1965, over sixty postal train lines had come into service.[67] Before the 1930s Swiss air mail reached Africa and Asia and by the 1930s seaplanes flying from the Atlantic ocean landed in South and North America.[67] From 1931 onwards, the newly founded Swissair facilitated the creation of a dense European network for airmail deliveries.
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