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Post by stainlessb on Oct 24, 2021 0:13:45 GMT
Hate to break the news Stan but there is a typo 526-237  I've been looking at it too long...still don't see it? a little help (some might be surprised how many times I reprint and remount....) never mind...... corrected, reprinted and I'll remount tomorrow. I also discovered/noticed the color printer at work slight compresses the image outside page borders and stamp boxes slightly smaller.... I thought it was something I was doing... Have to check and see if there is a setting, if not, I will only print the color portions and then bring back home to finalize the B/W all part of the adventure! Thanks hdm1950 |
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Post by stainlessb on Oct 27, 2021 23:29:24 GMT
Mercury 2nd series- The legend was changed, REPUBLIQUE(on top) was replaced with POSTES which was originally larger and to the left of the denomination. Top row -Issued 1942 Yvert # 546-549 I have included a couple of color variants, although none are recognized I will display anyway with an subset of 'x" after the catalogue # middle row- Issued 1944, Yvert # 657 - 660 Bottom row - also issued 9/2/1944, issued separately by Yvert & Tellier, and it seems most eveyrone else) under Liberation Stamps. Listed as 1944, surcharge (overprint) #13 -16, and are part of a series which includes the Petain issue higher denominations 60c - 4F 50 (not shown here) and som eCoat of Arms (3).... i didn't realize they were part of the same series... i need to look and see if I have all! Somewhere (perhaps, there is a more in depth reference of the Liberation Stamps? There is another series , also issued in September 1944 without the periods after the initial and less robust font Haven't decided how to make pages /display these  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 28, 2021 19:09:15 GMT
An amazing study of the Mercury series, stainlessb ! I would never have guessed there were so many varieties if one was willing to flyspeck with enough detail. The Libération overprints are usually classified in terms of the place of issue, not the underlying stamps. The ones you showed with the thick serif "R. F." are from Lyon. I showed the lanky "RF" overprint of the Mercurys from Montreuil-Bellay in the "Libération issues" thread. It all depended what the local post offices had left in stock when the Allied troops reached them... |
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Post by stainlessb on Oct 28, 2021 20:47:06 GMT
Thank you Xavier!
I am happy to be just about through these so I can move on to something else, (and now I know which few I still need).
I will have a look at the Liberation thread! The location gives me more information and how better to display
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Post by stainlessb on Oct 30, 2021 22:47:49 GMT
Here's someof the 1942 commemoratives and semi[postali ssues. There is (I'm thinking) one more page excluding the definitive Petain issues  |
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 3, 2021 16:29:19 GMT
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Post by chrischross on Nov 5, 2021 0:10:18 GMT
Those are really nice pages, stainlessb There is one typo, where "Vichey" should be "Vichy". |
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 5, 2021 0:30:57 GMT
Thanks @chriscross
you are the second one to catch that. I have corrected, reprinted and remounted.... this was mount intensive set of pages. My proof reading skills were lacking and it was more than a little frustrating to keep discovering a typo, or justification, or font type/size after I'd affixed the mounts and was starting to load in the stamps.
-but better to correct now and trul;y be done, otherwise I know each time I look at that page my eyes will go directly to the known type.
although today I redid one page as I came across a stamp on yellow brown paper and had previously found an un-described color grey stamp (France Yvert #357- listed in all catalogues as green, but this stamp is positively grey)
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 13, 2021 17:16:21 GMT
New booklet from France, two pages of the same size, so the first two stamps are larger size, for the 50 th anniversary of the Bequet definitive design:   |
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 23, 2021 0:01:02 GMT
A correction! Holiday company went to the theatre and I managed to stay home, so i snuck in some stamp time France 1943 National Relief, one of several series and one of two printed in "panes"- Yvert 568 -571A (including the gutter label which has a Yvert # assigned to it... it even has a CV (?!?) I hope to get the next pane printed series done soon as the layout is similar (although 5 actual semi-postal issues with no gutter) Maury Ceres & Dallay omitted some text which appears on the next pane of 5. by adding 5 timbres to the end of the the description for 571A it now references the strip of 5 (which makes much more sense. I have retained the gutter label as it really shows off the difference in paper color  |
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 26, 2021 0:43:43 GMT
see correction in previous post Here is the next pane of 5 for the National Relief Fund Yvert 577 - 580A  |
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Post by renden on Nov 26, 2021 13:33:09 GMT
stainlessb...beautiful pages, as always  Thanks for showing !! René
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 11, 2021 17:46:04 GMT
from the 1944 Rooster and Marianne series (Y & T 630-648), I continue to look for some specific varieties (30 centimes rooster with blank/white background) and the 1 Franc 50 Marianne blue-green shade.... I have yet to even see an example of ei, but I have acqured these recently 2 Francs rooster non-dentelé with blank/white background Yvert # 64a  and these non-dentelé pairs 2 Franc (#640d) and 20 Francs (#648b) rooster recto-verso   |
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Post by stainlessb on Jan 10, 2022 18:46:15 GMT
not sure where to put this... an advertisement on the selvedge "French young people read Benjamin" anyone know anything about this? Was Benjamin an author, a popular story? This was used as a hinge for a stamp and normally upon soaking off I would not save, but the slogan interested me!  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 10, 2022 21:26:48 GMT
"Benjamin" was a periodical aimed at a young readership that was published between 1929 and 1958. Its motto was "the newspaper for smart kids".
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Post by cursus on Jan 11, 2022 7:27:57 GMT
As Benjamin was the youngest of Israel's sons, this name is used in some places (like the Spanish speaking area) as a synonim of the youngest of a group. So, fit for a magazine aimed to young kids.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 11, 2022 19:37:08 GMT
As Benjamin was the youngest of Israel's sons, this name is used in some places (like the Spanish speaking area) as a synonym of the youngest of a group. So, fit for a magazine aimed to young kids. Indeed, in French "benjamin" as a noun still means "the youngest (sibling)". That's also why it's my third son's middle name. To show my intent that he was to be (and remain) the youngest of his siblings. |
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Post by pattib on Jan 16, 2022 13:32:47 GMT
One of my "completed" pages of Semi-Postal stamps. Several are in need of upgrades, but you have to start somewhere.  |
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Post by stainlessb on Feb 2, 2022 0:33:19 GMT
I decided to take a break fro Peace and Commerce (Type Sage) and get the 1940/42 surcharge/surtaxe. two toimprove on, otherwise done with this!   |
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Post by stainlessb on Feb 2, 2022 21:29:50 GMT
another page- 1941 issues commemorating tourism (places I'd like to go to...but likely this is as close as I come!) Yvert #499 - 501  This shows the coloor variation a bit better- the background color of the paper tends to skew the printers color recognition a bit  |
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Post by gstamps on May 15, 2022 14:25:05 GMT
These days I've been looking at my French stamps (I haven't continued collecting them since I focused on German stamps) Stamp 10 Fr. "Port de la Rochelle" is Yvert-Tellier 261 or Scott 251.  The stamp is type II ( The top of the “E” of “POSTES” has not sherif.The oval of shading inside the”0” of 10 Fr. and the outer oval are broken at their bases ).  The colors are described differently in the two catalogs.  Continuing to use the YT description and comparing it to a type III stamp ("Bleu" only) I came to the conclusion that the stamp is "Outremer".  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2022 15:12:32 GMT
gstamps your perfin is (according to Ancoper) AG94 (the only one with only a period after the A (most are both letters or none at all)- Department Etranger Hachette (Foreign Department- Hachette) - a publishing company established in 1826, in Paris and now with offices around the world. This perfin was in use from 1900 - 1946 and is very common (listed as 1B 1 = very common, and B = common) Thanks for posting!
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Post by gstamps on May 15, 2022 16:30:46 GMT
Thanks stainlessbI'm trying to remember Hachette (it has nothing to do with the Pif comics I read as a child - it's Vaillant - but with my French course from 50 years ago)  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 16, 2022 21:09:02 GMT
Here are the four examples I have of Yvert 262 La Rochelle- as best i can determine: From TOP to BOTTOM: #1 No serif on the top arm of the "E" and inner and outer oval on numeral "0" is complete- Type III Blue #2 No Serif on the top arm of the "E", but inner and outer oval on numeral "0" is incomplete- Type II Outremer (#261 IIa)?? #3 Serif on the top arm of the "E", but inner and outer oval on numeral "0" is incomplete- Type I Outremer pale #4 Serif on the top arm of the "E", but inner and outer oval on numeral "0" is incomplete- Type I Outremer pale  |
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Post by renden on May 16, 2022 22:29:02 GMT
Good eyes, Stan !! I agree
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Post by gstamps on May 17, 2022 10:59:55 GMT
From the same series with "Port de La Rochelle" are the stamps: Arc de Triomphe (YT 258 / Scott 263)  Mont Saint-Michel (YT 260 type I and II / Scott 249,250)  the difference between them is the line broken or not from the top of the tower.  Unfortunately, "Reims Cathedral" (YT 259 / Scott 247,248) seems to have been given in exchange, and "Pont du Gard" (YT 262 / Scott 253, 254) I never had. It would be nice if you would post these 2 stamps as well |
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Post by stainlessb on May 17, 2022 14:34:11 GMT
Here are my #260, and there both types- I scan like this as the steeple is the defining trait, but this also shows variations in color, even though none is noted or called out in the catalogues. It is not mentioned in the descriptions, but it also0 seems the Type I has less defined "cloud/shading" dots  #259 and 262 I have previously posted (so I am hesitant to repost the images) however I am not clear on how to link to a specific post in a thread. #259 is, I believe, within the DIY pages thread , although my attempts to search for either stamp was without success/ #262 in in the France-Classic thread and there are some high res images taken with my dissecting scope of the main "arch" of interest in determining Type, although I am still not completely convinced my copies aren't all the same type, though different color variants. |
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Post by renden on May 17, 2022 14:58:13 GMT
Stan stainlessb The previous post shows Sc 249 and 250 - Scott lists the light brm 249 type I I do not like to repeat scans but it was impossible for me to show the 2 types found in both Scott (249-250) and Maury (260 TI-TII) René 249 TI light brm  250 drk brm TII  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 17, 2022 15:57:32 GMT
René duly noted! Maury, Ceres & Dallay doesn't! usually the other way around
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Post by renden on May 17, 2022 16:07:00 GMT
René duly noted! Maury, Ceres & Dallay doesn't! usually the other way around Maury 2017 notes TI as lighter (broken line on top of tower) and TII as darker.....both # 260 René |
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