stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 19, 2022 22:13:54 GMT
Here are the other two stamps "on piece" The first is again the 15 centimes, petite chiffres, Yvert 59a Bistre-yellow. The obliteration is Etoille de Paris (Star of Paris) and is among the first date stamps, in my copy, France Obliterations 1849 -1876 by Jean Pothion, first printing 1940, reprinted 197- this obliteration Start 15, R. Bonaparte , February 12, 1872. Looking at the values given in the book (which I cannot find where the legend is to explain what is what- not that really it matters to me at the moment! The next one is again a Type I 25 centimes Yvert 60I Blue, with a Montpeller obliteration September 27, 1872, the numbers in the diamond squares is likely 2502 (if gross chiffres, which the last digit does look to be a large "2"), although it takes some imagination to 'see" the whole number sitting in the opening- but below it is the same stamp (except color is 60Ic dull blue with 2240, (Marseille, so you can see how the 4 digits sit inside the dotted diamond.
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renden
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Post by renden on Apr 19, 2022 22:37:59 GMT
Here are the other two stamps "on piece" The first is again the 15 centimes, petite chiffres, Yvert 59a Bistre-yellow. The obliteration is Etoille de Paris (Star of Paris) and is among the first date stamps, in my copy, France Obliterations 1849 -1876 by Jean Pothion, first printing 1940, reprinted 197- this obliteration Start 15, R. Bonaparte , February 12, 1872. Looking at the values given in the book (which I cannot find where the legend is to explain what is what- not that really matters to me at the moment! The next one is again a Type I 25 centimes Yvert 60I Blue, with a Montpeller obliteration September 27, 1872, the numbers in the diamond squares is likely 2502 (if gross chiffres, which the last digit does look to be a large "2"), although it takes some imagination to 'see" the whole number sitting in the opening- but below it is the same stamp (except color is 60Ic dull blue with 2240, (Marseille, so you can see how the 4 digits sit inside the dotted diamond. Stan A few members (including hrdoktorx) will appreciate - others..........?? Jon (Norway) is not a regular anymore and he has a big FRANCE collection - I forgot his avatar name ( blaamand ) René
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 19, 2022 23:04:23 GMT
True, but it is for those who also collect/specialize in France!!! and maybe someone will become inspired- who knows. Later this year I may be posting obscure Belgium! or???
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 20, 2022 19:34:40 GMT
A common stamp. Yvert #75A (no shadow bridging upper 'swirl" on "S: in POSTE, and probably 75Aa Clear green on pale green. The postmark Is Paris Sept 4, 1889 and it looks like H. MILTON (Could be A. but it doesn't match the "A" in PARIS) this may have been the Hotel Milton (which. one by the same name, still exists in Paris today) anyone with any insight or information, please share! There are no date stamps in Pothiuons France Obliterations that have the inner circle with dashed line I was going to try and remove the small scarp of paper stuck top the front, but there is already hole and the paper is brittle!
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Apr 23, 2022 11:59:04 GMT
Sorting/scanning for Hipstamp this morning and noticed a couple of Marianne stamped covers used from MAYOTTE and ST. PIERRE. The ST. PIERRE postmark is a map illustrating its location.
Sumthin' different.
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Aug 8, 2022 13:40:17 GMT
An early Carte Postale with 10c YT54 and with a Pl de la Bourse Paris postmark,dated 16 June 1876.
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 10, 2022 19:50:57 GMT
A letter from a co-worker to another, who was a friend of my uncles! The stamp is Yvert #1131 issued 10/21/1957. The cancellation is 8/23/1958 from Cannes PPal - Alpes Maritime. The slogan is (translation) "International Amateur Film Festival Debut September" (Cannes Film Festival). Not sure who paid th epostage due, but no stamp(s) or marking on the back of the envelope The stationary is from the S.S. Independence which was built in 1961 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Quincy Massachusetts for the American export Lines which operated beginning in 1919 until it went bankrupt in 1977. It offered cargo and passenger service between the US east coast and trhe Mediterranean. It owned the SS Independence until 1974 when it was sold (several times and eventually scrapped/beached at the Alang Shipyard, India. During its lifetime at sea it carried Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, President Harry Truman, Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock and King Saud. The sender (Carmen) was getting stamps from abroad and sending back to co-workers...sadly the stamps were not wirh this! (dang)
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Post by captphil on Dec 3, 2022 20:03:43 GMT
I've only collected France seriously for two years now, but I do have a few good pieces. Here is one, and you can see my taste is more mid-century. Here is a first day cover with the semi-postal landmarks set from 1947, Scott B213-17, rounded out with Scott 512 and 570. It is addressed to Montreal from "Vaires S/Marne" which I admit I know nothing about. There is a blue Montreal customs stamp on the back from 10 January. My Maury catalog confirms the set was issued on 6 January 1947. Each stamp from the semi-postal set is a corner margin example, which is cool. Some might call this a "philatelic" cover, and sure it is, but it also crossed the Atlantic, so it is also a good "business strike" to use a coin collecting term.
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Dec 3, 2022 20:25:28 GMT
captphil Such a lovely cover with so many corner selvage copies. The French engraved issues are beautiful. If I didn't already collect too many countries, I'd be tempted to add France. And adding covers really adds some pizzazz to a collection. Thanks for sharing.
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renden
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Post by renden on Dec 3, 2022 20:32:47 GMT
captphil Such a lovely cover with so many corner selvage copies. The French engraved issues are beautiful. If I didn't already collect too many countries, I'd be tempted to add France. And adding covers really adds some pizzazz to a collection. Thanks for sharing. captphil Terri said it all so I am using her comment - What a nice cover, for us FRANCE lovers - 1947 is still "classic" in my book and I have all these beauties in Album (mostly Mint), but not on cover René
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 5, 2022 6:39:57 GMT
A beautiful cover indeed. Vaires-sur-Marne is a Paris suburb (now, may not have been in 1947) half-way to the Disneyland-Paris site. It will soon become a little more famous on its own right as it will be one of the sites of the Paris 2024 Olympics, for rowing and sailing events. A new Olympic basin was created there and it already is hosting competitions (my eldest son went there this summer).
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Post by forth on Jan 1, 2023 9:34:39 GMT
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Post by daniel on Apr 9, 2023 19:31:44 GMT
Centenaire du Chemin de Fer du Nord 1846-1946 Centenary of the Northern Railway Company A postcard issued for this event and for 25th Anniversary of the Philatelist Railwaymen (Cheminots Philatélistes). There was an exhibition at Paris Gare du Nord from 9th-11th November 1946. A commemorative cinderella stamp was also produced and attached to the picture side of the postcard. A special postmark has been applied to the postage stamp for Gare du Nord and also, a special handstamp in red has been applied to the cinderella.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Nov 13, 2023 21:54:02 GMT
France : Postman Gascony Landes Stilts. Source : Unknown
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renden
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Post by renden on Nov 13, 2023 22:10:09 GMT
France : Postman Gascony Landes Stilts. Source : Unknown
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Post by rod222 on Nov 13, 2023 22:53:52 GMT
Rod//......where do you get all of your stuff... ..I am amazed - René You must own a special library.....since 2013 (year you came into TSF.......and 2023 when you decided to come back) An old SCF friend - René Hi Rene strange route that grew really, At one time (circa 1980) I was dirt poor, so I was buying auction lots for pennies (Suitcases, cartons etc of commons) Then I had trouble segregating stamps I already had, with duplicates (a common collecting problem) So, I decided to scan an image of every stamp that passed my desk. That had its problems , I would run out of computer memory. As computers developed, so did my scans. Now, I am not sure I am a "Stamp collector", or an "Image Collector" I bought things nobody wanted, at auctions, I paid something like $12 for 40 years of "The Australian Stamp Monthly" I bought, and still do, buy Stanley Gibbons Stamp Monthly for 20c each (now$1) from the Red Cross Stamp shop (covers ripped off) I rarely, now, open my albums, only to add and mount new stamps. Everything is scanned The pinnacle came 3 years ago, when I discovered XYPlorer, a file manager, that could make sense, and easy retrieval of my 700,000 or so scans That said, I barely scratch the surface, Philately is so vast, its like the big bang, its expanding at a rate, no mortal can entertain. Cheers
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Post by rod222 on Nov 13, 2023 23:04:10 GMT
Further reading : Postman on Stilts Gascony.link
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Feb 10, 2024 23:44:27 GMT
A recent postage I had not seen before. I admit I am not good at pictograms.
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