PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co. complete set of 10 poster stamps

PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co.

PKZ was founded in Winterthur in 1881 by Paul Kehl as a clothing factory (hence the name PKZ: Paul Kehl Zurich). From 1896 first branches were opened in Basel,

St. Gallen, Lucerne, Lausanne, Winterthur, Zurich and Geneva. After the death of Paul Kehl in 1910, the son-in-law Karl Burger took over the company. Thus, the new company PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co. was established. In 1974 PKZ ceased its own clothing production in Switzerland and only operates the retail business. Since the 1990s, PKZ has expanded from about 15 stores to around 30 PKZ Men stores in Switzerland by taking over the stores of Esco Kleider AG.

These stamps printed in sheet of 10 (2x5), and the artists were:

1,6 and 7 - HOHLWEIN Ludwig

2,3,8 and 9 – CARDINAUX Emil

4 and 5 – MANGOLD Burkhard

10 – KROTOWSKI Stephan