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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 25, 2018 22:53:10 GMT
The Somali Coast applied a "France Libre" overprint on stamp stocks from their definitive series of 1921-25 (for which I unfortunately do not have any examples to show) and for the 1938-39 series, pictured below (YT #204-232, missing only the 4c and 10Fr issues) and the value overprint (50c/65c, YT#233). Unusual for this series compared to the other French colonies is the use of two different lettering fonts for the "France Libre" inscription and the use of red ink.   |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 25, 2018 22:59:38 GMT
Then there also were two sets of revenue stamps overprinted with "France Libre". I can show 5 copies from the first set (YT #T21,22,24,25,27), corresponding to the 1915 revenues with no engraver name in the bottom cartouche. These use the squarish font for the overprint, while the second set uses the 1938 revenues with the rounder overprint font and shows the engraver's signature.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 26, 2018 20:47:02 GMT
The "London series" regular issues for the Somali Coast (YT #234-247). Interestingly, the stamps are labelled "Djibouti" in large characters while the "Cote Française des Somalis" is only in small font in the circular arc in the bottom left of the stamps. Naming the country "Djibouti" on stamps had not happened since 1902 and would not happen again until independence in 1977.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 26, 2018 20:57:50 GMT
The "France Libre" value overprints (YT #254-261):  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 26, 2018 21:01:52 GMT
The "London series" airmail issues, which only mention "Djibouti" as the country's name (YT #PA1-7).  |
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Post by greaden on Oct 26, 2018 23:55:22 GMT
Somali Coast was a pioneer in pictorials and odd shapes:  |
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Post by greaden on Oct 26, 2018 23:58:27 GMT
The early designs distract from the bleakness of the country:  |
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Post by greaden on Oct 27, 2018 0:00:12 GMT
Stamp dealers paid off the workers at the printer to stage inverts galore:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 27, 2018 12:09:33 GMT
Stamp dealers paid off the workers at the printer to stage inverts galore: I have another such example:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 27, 2018 12:10:24 GMT
The early designs distract from the bleakness of the country: Very impressive selections! Congrats! |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 5, 2019 19:33:33 GMT
It's gotten a little cooler and I'm back in more of a stamping mood, so I'll resume my posts about Djibouti by going back to the Somali Coast days. To get things started, two triangular airmail issues from 1943 (YT #PA11-12). Issued by Vichy France (note the lack of an "RF" mention) and not actually postally used:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 6, 2019 19:06:40 GMT
A beautiful set of fish stamps from the French Somali Coast, Air mail issues YT#PA49-55 from 1966:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 7, 2019 6:45:06 GMT
Series of definitives issued in 1938-40 (YT#148-166 and 178-187). I'm missing a 40c brown stamp with the mosque design to make this series complete:   Vichy France also re-issued 3 of these stamps in 1944 (YT #248-250), which were not postally used. These are recognizable by the lack of an "RF" marking:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 8, 2019 8:23:37 GMT
The mosque design from the 1938 definitive series was reused for the Pétain issues of 1941, with (YT# 251-52) and without (YT# 191-192) the "colonial works" surcharge overprint. Again, these Vichy France issues saw no postal usage in the colony itself.  |
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Post by rjan55 on Sept 8, 2019 15:01:10 GMT
I really should know this but were there any colonies in which the Petain and/or other Vichy issues actually saw postal use? I do not recall any in my Y&T catalogs which show used listings.
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Post by anglobob on Sept 8, 2019 18:28:08 GMT
Gibbons also only lists mint issues.There are some used examples on Delcampe but cancellations are very vague.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 9, 2019 20:25:08 GMT
Yvert & Tellier quotes used Pétain issues from French Equatorial Africa, French Guinea, Mauritania, French Sudan, and Togo. There are other issues with Pétain's effigy from Algeria which saw postal usage.
From the "Protection of Indigenous Children" and Imperial Fortnight series issued in 1942, issues from the Ivory Coast, Somali Coast, French Guinea, French Indochina, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Sénégal, French Sudan, and Togo are quoted with used values, and the higher-valued 50Fr airmail issue (featuring an aircraft at take-off) from the Ivory Coast, Dahomey, French Guinea, Mauritania, Sénégal (and a 100 Fr issue), French Sudan (and also the 50c issue), and Togo were also used.
There are also some used "Defence of the Empire" issues from French Guiana, French India, and Kouang-Tchéou.
Lastly, there are also many French Indochina "E.F" (Etat Français) issues, and some Tunisia issues where the "RF" mention is missing or replaced by the Tunisian moon crescent and star in a circle symbol, which can be found used.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 9, 2019 20:35:45 GMT
And since we just talked about them, here are the "Imperial Fortnight" and "Protection of Indigenous Children" issues from 1942 (YT #PA8-10).  |
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Post by rjan55 on Sept 10, 2019 0:50:22 GMT
hrdoktorx- thanks for the input Parts of the French Foreign Legion stayed 'loyal' to Petain state late in war, especially in Indochina, but they were too distant to get any printings from the motherland.
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Post by gmot on Sept 10, 2019 14:56:24 GMT
Believe this is the only used Vichy stamp in my collection - from FEA  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 10, 2019 19:14:50 GMT
Another beautiful set from the French Somali Coast (YT #PA20-22, from 1947):  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 11, 2019 19:27:00 GMT
The Somali Coast issues for the International Arts and Techniques 1937 Expo:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 12, 2019 19:22:47 GMT
Various issues from the definitives series of 1915 to 1933, including the 5c Red Cross overprint (YT #100) and the two 1922 block square overprints (YT #101-102):  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 13, 2019 18:38:52 GMT
A few more definitive issues from the French Somali Coast, this time in horizontal format:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 14, 2019 6:04:25 GMT
The first series of postage due issues from the French Somali Coast, issued in 1915:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 15, 2019 14:35:45 GMT
The second series of postage due stamps from the French Somali Coast was issued in 1938. Same design as the 1915 series but with a "INST DE GRAV" signature in the bottom cartouche.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 16, 2019 19:47:38 GMT
The third series of postage due stamps for the French Somali Coast was issued by the Vichy government in 1944 and saw no postal use. One can recognize them by the missing RF letters in the top cartouche.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 17, 2019 19:07:06 GMT
A few nice series of engraved French Somali Coast horizontal stamps:  |
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Post by gmot on Sept 18, 2019 16:33:45 GMT
My favourite Somali Coast series - like miniature pastel watercolors.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 18, 2019 18:53:24 GMT
I agree. To complete this thread, here are some more stamps from my Harris Album pages:   |
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