Colonel Charles J. LaBlonde, USAF (ret.) is “an American Philatelic society judge and jury chairman emeritus. His philatelic interest is postal history with special emphasis on World War II mail to and from Switzerland. He exhibits in this area and has published two sellout books on Swiss WW II postal history. Chuck is a founder and past president of the American Helvetia Philatelic Society. His philatelic memberships span the globe and include the prestigious Swiss Consilium Philateliae Helveticae of which he was the first American member. He is currently Americas Secretary and Treasurer of the Civil Censorship Study Group. Charles J. LaBlonde was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London.”  He is the author of World War II Mail from Switzerland to Great Britain, Canada & the United States.

The MOAA said of World War II Mail from Switzerland to Great Britain, Canada & the United States, “This book is the culmination of 20 years of research in the postal archives of Switzerland, Britain, Canada, the USA, and the Red Cross in Geneva. Postal history consists of postal rates, mail routes, and all markings found on mail. This book addresses in depth all three aspects of the Swiss World War II mail. Throughout the war, Switzerland was partially, and eventually totally, surrounded by the Axis, yet the mail got out. The book is illustrated with over 230 pieces of actual mail from the period.”