Hotel post
Hotel Post was a service offered by remote Swiss hotels for the carriage of mail to the nearest official post office. Origins. In the nineteenth century, Switzerland developed an important tourist industry. Some hotels in remote areas that were not serviced by the Swiss Post Office offered a service to guests of carrying their mail to the nearest official post office for a fee paid by the purchase of a specially printed stamp. The first hotel stamp was issued by "Rigi Kaltbad" in 1864, followed by hotels at "Rigi Scheideck", "Belalp", "Kurort Stoos", "Maderanerthal" and "Rigi Kulm". Last  usage in Switzerland. These services became unnecessary as the Swiss railway was extended and a normal postal service introduced. After 20 September 1883, all remaining services were prohibited by the Swiss government. Use in other countries. Hotels in several other countries have issued stamps including in Austria, Hungary, Egypt (Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo), Japan (The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo), Romania and Singapore (Raffles Hotel). In Hungary stamps were issued at Carpathian resorts for "Kurhaus auf der Hohen Rinne" between 1895 and 1926, "Magura" in 1903 and 1911, and "Bistra" in 1909 to 1912. These resorts were part of Rumania after World  War One. In Austria stamps were issued for "Kesselfall-Alpenhaus" and "Moserboden" between 1927 and 1938 and "Katschberghohe" in 1933-38. Stamps were also issued at a hotel in the Kulmi Mountain region of Liechtenstein. Classification. Hotel stamps are regarded as local or cinderella stamps.