The Postmarks & Postal History of Cameroun - French Admin
Sept 6, 2021 20:47:29 GMT
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Post by chrischross on Sept 6, 2021 20:47:29 GMT
Cameroun specialists will find this of interest, I know I did:
THE POSTMARKS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF CAMEROUN
UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION –
1916-1959
M.P. Bratzel, Jr.
This full-colour publication includes xiv + 481 A4-sized printed pages with hard cover plus 658 pages on a searchable CD, the contents of which are also available as a free download from The Stuart Rossiter Trust, which provided financial support for publication.
This 16-chapter book draws upon postal information published in the Journal officiel du Cameroun and in France’s annual reports to the League of Nations and the United Nations. This primary documentation plus other key background materials are included in their entirety on the accompanying CD. Key chapters of the book address:
The book is extensively illustrated in full colour with numerous covers and postal materials, contains 11 maps, and is fully referenced. In addition to the background documentation, the CD contains about 100 World War II-era covers with military cachets and covers to and from troops in the field.
Price: £25 plus postage and packaging:
- Within the U.K. - £10.00
- To Europe - £16.00
- To the United States - £36.50
- To Australasia - £34.00
- To the rest of the world - £28.00
Orders and enquiries to: Martin Bratzel, 1233 Virginia Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N8S 2Z1 Canada or marty_bratzel@yahoo.ca .
Payments via PayPal to martin.bratzel@yahoo.com . For other payment options, please enquire.
THE POSTMARKS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF CAMEROUN
UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION –
1916-1959
M.P. Bratzel, Jr.
This full-colour publication includes xiv + 481 A4-sized printed pages with hard cover plus 658 pages on a searchable CD, the contents of which are also available as a free download from The Stuart Rossiter Trust, which provided financial support for publication.
This 16-chapter book draws upon postal information published in the Journal officiel du Cameroun and in France’s annual reports to the League of Nations and the United Nations. This primary documentation plus other key background materials are included in their entirety on the accompanying CD. Key chapters of the book address:
- The development of postal services in French Cameroun.
- Post offices and postmarks – All postal facilities are listed and, for each, all associated postmarks are faithfully illustrated, accompanied by their recorded dates of use. Also included are backdated, fake and fantasy cancels.
- Postal handstamps, markings, forms, and related materials.
- Specimen stamps.
- Special event handstamps and promotional labels.
- Maritime and paquebot services.
- Air line services, air mail, and air mail cachets.
- Armed forces mail in peacetime.
- World War II, including Cameroun’s contribution to the armed forces and prosecution of the war effort; internees and internment camps; postal censorship and control, including control commission cachets and local and regional cachets, accompanied by their recorded dates of use; and other fascinating considerations.
The book is extensively illustrated in full colour with numerous covers and postal materials, contains 11 maps, and is fully referenced. In addition to the background documentation, the CD contains about 100 World War II-era covers with military cachets and covers to and from troops in the field.
Price: £25 plus postage and packaging:
- Within the U.K. - £10.00
- To Europe - £16.00
- To the United States - £36.50
- To Australasia - £34.00
- To the rest of the world - £28.00
Orders and enquiries to: Martin Bratzel, 1233 Virginia Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N8S 2Z1 Canada or marty_bratzel@yahoo.ca .
Payments via PayPal to martin.bratzel@yahoo.com . For other payment options, please enquire.
