Air Posts--Stamps, Services, Rates
Boxed ARMEES ALLIES EN ORIENT 1919 handstamp
First airmail (1929) between Addis Ababa and Djibouti
French West Africa 1930s service

Algeria
Postmarks, 1836-1878
Postmarks, distinct from equivalent French ones, 1836-78

Andorra
Best-designed EUROPA 99 stamp

Automatization of the Mails
New-generation LSA vending machines
Public facilities in Paris Metro stations

Awards and Honors [also see Some Show Reports]
Peter Smith, recipient of RPSL Crawford Medal

Balloon Post [see Siege of Paris]

Bibliographies
J. Desrousseaux publications

Booklets and Booklet Stamps
Distinguishing the Sterners booklets of 1994-95

Dealers (Stamps)
Acceptance of major credit cards

Essays and Proofs
Anglo-French essays of 1940

Etiquettes, Vignettes and Labels
Mail tracing (Lettre Suivre) labels
World War II P.O. charities

Forgeries, Fakes, Bogus Items
Colonies Red Cross overprints, World War I
Doubtful status of some line-perf. 11x11 1920s stamps
Faked part-perforate stamps
Faked 1937 PEXIP sheetlet
Forged and contrived covers with boxed ARMEE ALLIES EN ORIENT
Marianne de Gandon: postal forgery of blue 15F value
New Hebrides: 1977 overprints
Offices: distinguishing genuine YOKOHAMA/JAPON date stamp
PALAIS DU GRAND TRIANON 1873 date stamp
Potential for faked markings of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco
½ centimes en plus unofficial circular marking on wrappers
0,20 Sower of Piel: Korean forgery

France: 20th Century Issues
A Twentieth Century Timeline
Cameo Sowers: 20c types and subtypes
Cameo Sowers: 25c types and subtypes
Mercure design: doubled RF overprints
Marianne de Gandon: postal forgery of blue 15F value
Liberté issues: imperf. 1,80F green without phosphor band
Marianne de Briat booklets: catalogue-value increases
Marianne de Luquet issues: 1,ooF with phosphor band at left
Marianne de Luquet issues: new discoveries
Rugby stamp of Sept. 1999: complex perforations
Semi-postal stamps: origin of the 1940 War Victims issue

Franco-German War of 1870-71 [also see Siege of Paris]
Diplomatic correspondence between Washburne and Bismarck
Some fallacies regarding
Unusual mail: siege, censored delayed or lost, clandestine, etc.

French Colonies, Dependencies, and Overseas Territories [also see individual Colonies]
Airmail service, West Africa, 1930s
Determination of rate-change dates in the Colonies
World War I provisional Red Cross overprints: fabrication
French Congo: postal stationery (ACEP Nº 18)
French Equatorial Africa: Free French semi-postal stamp
French Polynesia: perforations of 1996-97 reprinted officials
Indo-China: Desrousseaux bibliography
Indo-China: usage of CCN8 killer, uncertainties
Madagascar: 1890s overprints
Madagascar: 1895-96 military date stamp
Morocco: earliest dates for Marrakech French POs
New Caledonia: poor sales of some 1990s issues
New Hebrides: forgeries of 1977 overprints
North Africa (French): potential for faked cancels
St. Pierre et Miquelon: Langlade PO
Senegal: January 1902 provisional handstamps
Senegal: shortage of stamps in 1902
Senegal: Yellow fever epidemics and the mails
Somali Coast: 1929 airmail with Ethiopia
Tahiti: 1884 provisional surcharges on stationery

French Equatorial Africa
Free French semi-postal stamp

French Polynesia
Perforations of 1996-97 reprinted Official stamps

Indo-China
Desrousseaux bibliography
Usage of CCN8 killer, uncertainties regarding

Internet Trading
Advice on using eBay, etc.

Liberté (of Gandon) Design
Imperforate 1,80F green without phosphor

Madagascar
1895-96 military date stamp
1890s overprints

Marianne de Briat Issues
Distinguishing the Sterners booklets of 1994-95

Marianne de Gandon Design
Postal forgery of the blue 15F value

Marianne de Luquet Issues
ATM booklets of 20 stamps without marginal data
New discoveries
Some freak perforations and varieties
1,ooF value with phosphor band at left

Memorials and Obituaries
Boutrelle, Adrien
Cohen, Stephen
Garabrant, Melvin
Vitalyos, Adalbert

Military Posts-Post-World War II
Macedonia (BPM 663) and Albania (BPM 664)
Kosovo (BPM 665)
UN humanitarian mission to East Timer, 1999-2000 (BPM 705)

Morocco (French)
Earliest dates for Marrakech French POs

New Caledonia
Poor sales of some 1990s issues

New Hebrides
Forgeries of 1977 overprints

Overprints and Surcharges
Colonies: World War I Red Cross provisionals-fabrications
Doubled RF overprints on France Mercure design
New Hebrides: forgeries of 1977 overprints
Sage issues: ½ on 3c gray surcharge (?) essays
Tahiti: 1884 provisionals

Parcel Post
ColiPoste (1999-)
Colissimo and Colieco rates increased June 2000
VILLEXPRESS (1973-84)

Philatelic Exhibitions
"The French Challenge" (Australia)
ROMPEX 2000 (Denver): some happy winners
Stamp Show 2000 (London)

Philatelic Periodicals
Philatélie Magazine started in 1999
PhilFlash on internet
Timbres Magazine appears, April 2000

Philatelic Societies
Académie Européenne de Philatélie [new name]
Specialist societies in France

Postage Due Stamps and Markings
Stamps cancelled only at destination

Postal Markings [also see individual Colonies]
Revolutionary names
on Billets de Confiance of 1793
1855 [Paris] Exposition date stamp found on front of cover
Paris Après le Départ 1863 date stamp
PALAIS DU GRAND TRIANON: faked 1873 date stamp
Unofficial status of the ½ centime en plus
Entrepôts
Algeria 1836-1878
Madagascar: 1895-96 military
Potential fakes of North African markings
Senegal: 1902 provisionals
Tahiti: 1884 provisionals

Postal Museums
Reopening (January 2000) of the Musée de La Poste, Paris

Postal Rates and Tariffs
"September 1871 Franking"--possible combinations adding up to 25c
Short-lived 1991 letter rate to Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein
Increases (June 2000) in some French domestic rates
Determination of rate-change dates in the Colonies

Postal Services
ColiPoste (1999-)
VILLEXPRESS (1973-84)

Postal Stationery
Precursor postal cards
First date (15 January 1873) of precursor card
French Congo, ACEP Nº 18
Tahiti: 1884 provisional surcharges

Railway Markings
Entrepôts

Revenue Stamps
Yvert & Tellier Catalogue 2000

Reviews of Books, Pamphlets, Journals and Catalogs
Cohn "Unusual Mail in Occupied France 1870-1871"
"Yvert & Tellier catalogue des Timbres Fiscaux et Socio-Postaux de France 2000"

Sage Issues
½ on 3c gray surcharge(?) essays

St. Pierre & Miquelon
Langlade PO

Semi-Postal Stamps
Tintin stamp of March 2000: different perforations
Colonies: World War I provisional Red Cross surcharges-fabrications
French Equatorial Africa

Senegal
January 1902 provisional handstamps
Shortage of stamps in 1902
Yellow-fever epidemics and the mails

Siege of Paris [also see Franco-German War]
Dépêche-réponse cards
Pigeongrammes
Smuggled mail
Weight of balloon letters and mail sacks, opinions upon

Somali Coast
Airmail service (1929) with Ethiopia

Sower Issues
20c values: types and subtypes
25c values: types and subtypes

Stamp Designs
Recent use of RF instead of FRANCE or REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
Grand Prix for Philatelic Art, 1999

Stamp Perforations
Doubtful status of some line-perf. 11x11 stamps of 1920s
Rugby stamp of September 1999: complex perforations
French Polynesia: perf. changes for 1996-97 reprinted Officials

Tahiti
1884 provisional surcharges

Tunisia
Potential for faked cancels

Types and Subtypes
Cameo Sowers: 20c values
Cameo Sowers: 25c values

Web Sites

World War II
French POWs and Internees in British East Africa
Interzone commercial correspondence via Chambers of Commerce