Air Posts -- Stamps, Services, Rates, Markings
French airmail services, airlines, planes, pilots
Rates, French West Africa to US, pre-World War II

Algeria
World War II overprints

Alsace-Lorraine
MIRECOURT 1870 handstamp
Provisional 1870 use of Bavarian stamp
Reassigned GC numbers from former A-L numbers

Awards and Honors [also see Some Show Reports]
R. Abensur elected President of Académie de Philatélie
Gerard Gilbert Award for 2001 to Dave Herendeen
E. Grabowski elected V.-P. of Collectors Club of NY

Balloon Post [see Siege of Paris]

Booklets and Booklet Stamps
Booklet cover for postal-employees training schools
"La Communication" cover (2001) varieties
Marianne de Luquet: cover without printing on face

Coil Stamps
Liberté of Gandon: 2,20F varieties

Coins datés
Same day printing of French and Tunisian stamps (1951)

Computer-vended Postage ("Framas")
Smearing of cancels on Year 2000-type etiquettes

Disinfected Mail
Manuscript notations on prestamp mail fr. Eastern Europe

Essays and Proofs
20F Pont-du-Gard

Expertizations
Forged experts' marks on forged stamps of 1930s-1940s

Expositions
1925 Paris Decorative Arts

Forgeries, Fakes, Bogus Items
Abundance of fakes and bogus items offered over Internet
Dangerous forgeries of French stamps of 1930s-1940s
Festung Lorient fabrications
Marianne de Briat 2,30 value

Formules
Indo-China: for radio messages from France in World War II

France: 19th Century Issues
20c Imperf. Empire: earliest date on cover

France: 20th Century Issues
Cameo Sowers: types of 40c values
Liberté of Gandon: 2,20F coil varieties
Marianne de Briat postal forgery
Marianne de Décaris: comprehensive study
Pasteur Issues: die types
Pont-du-Gard "proof "

France: 21st Century Issues
"Colors of Marianne in Euros" sheetlet of 2002 with missing green color
Marianne de Luquet: varieties of 2001 booklet cover
Phosphor bands on non-definitive stamps of 2001

Franco-German War of 1870-71 [also see Siege of Paris, Alsace-Lorraine]
"Amazing 1870/71 Wonder Stories": Index to Nos. 1-83
Metz papillons
Postage required on non-ordinary military mail
Unusual cover to England

French Colonies, Dependencies and Overseas Territories [also see individual Colonies]
French Congo: unusual handstamp
French West Africa: pre-WWII airmail rates to US
id., 1943-44 provisional overprints
Indo-China: Index (1971-99) to Indo-China Philatelist, and Society's web site
Ivory Coast: pre-independence censorship?
Martinique: human model for 1947 design
Mauritania: Provisional 1906 Postage Dues
New Caledonia: constant types on recent issues
St. Pierre & Miquelon: prewar "RF" issues retouched for Vichy use
Somali Coast: local provisionals of 1901-02
TAAF: 1894 cover, US to Kerguelen Is.
id., early 20th Century Kerguelen mail and markings
Tahiti: controversial overprints and covers, late 19th Century
id., quantities made of 1893 overprints
Togo: mixed franking with French West Africa, WWII

French Congo
AFRIQUE & CONGO/FRET GRATUIT 150 K mark

French West Africa
Airmail rates to US, pre-World War II
Provisional 1943-44 overprints

Indo-China
Formules for radio messages from France, World War II
Francis Garnier in Tonkin: 1873 covers
Indo-China Philatelist Index (1971-99); Society web site; Vietnam military-mail exhibit

Internet Trading
Abundant fakes and bogus items being offered

Ivory Coast
Pre-independence censorship?

Liberté (of Gandon) Design
Coil varieties of the 2,20F

Machine Cancels [also see Postal Markings]
New (2000) format with FRANCE in crown of date stamp

Marianne de Briat Issues
Postal forgery of the 2,30 value

Marianne de Décaris Issue
Comprehensive study on CD-ROM

Marianne de Luquet Issues
Distinguishing characteristics of souvenir sheetlets and regular-issue stamps
January 2002 issue in euros
Unprinted booklet cover
Varieties of a 2001 booklet cover

Maritime Posts
Indemnification of mail-carrying sea captains, 1853 and earlier
Pays d'Outremer/par 1844 entry marking
Pre-UPU mail to and from Egypt
Rarely-seen boxed CANADA / ART.19, from Trinidad
West African mail to Belgium via LaRochelle-Pallice and Bordeaux

Martinique
Human model for 1947 design

Mauritania
Provisional 1906 Dues

Memorials and Obituaries
Beneaa, Jacques
Benjamin, R. K.
Cuny, G.-P.
Musy, J. A.
Sinais, André
Stone, R. G.

Military Posts – 21st Century
French naval operations off Afghanistan, 2002-02
Periodic update on French military POs abroad

Museums (Postal)
Musée de La Poste, Paris: access to the library

Naval Markings
Croiseur Auxiliaire X-43

New Caledonia
Constant types found on recent issues

Overprints and Surcharges
Festung Lorient fabrications
French West Africa: 1943-44 provisionals
Mauritania: Postage Due 1906 provisionals
St. Pierre & Miquelon: on the 1F Sage

Parcel Post
End (2002) of affixing postage stamps to parcels
Fees for parcels being held at post offices

Paris [see Postal Markings, Siege of ...]

Pasteur Issues
Die Types

Perfins
Polish official mail on French stamps, World War II

Philatelic Exhibitions [also see Some Show Reports]
MonacoPhil 2002 (notice of)
Paris 1925 slogan cancel

Philatelic Humor
A take-off on ballons montés

Phosphorescent Tagging
On non-definitive Year 2001 stamps

Postage Due Stamps and Markings
Mauritania: 1906 Provisionals
Use of the 1c Duval stamp

Postal Markings [also see individual Colonies, Military Posts, Franco-German War, etc.]
Ambulants (general study)
Boxed CANADA / ART. 19
Guichet
MIRECOURT (Vosges) provisional 1870 marking
New (2000) machine cancels, with FRANCE in dater
Paris 1925 Decorative Arts Exposition
Paris directions since 1992
Pays d'Outremer/par 1844 entry marking
Reassigned GC numbers from Alsace-Lorraine after its annexation by Germany

Postal Rates and Tariffs
Airmail rates, French West Africa to US before World War II
"Hors-sac" – mail sent outside mail bags
Indemnification of mail-carrying sea captains, 1853 and earlier
Mail for the blind (cécogrammes)
Packet mail to and from Egypt, 1871-75
Postage required on non-ordinary military mail, 1870-71 War
Use of the 1c Duval postage-due stamp

Postal Services
"Hors-sac" – mail sent outside mail bags
La Poste free e-mail service
La Poste new logo
Mail for the blind (cécogrammes)

Postal Stationery
Indo-China: formules for radio messages from France in WWII

Railway Mail and Markings
Ambulant markings (general study)

Reviews of Books, Pamphlets and Catalogs
"La Poste Aérienne Française", volumes I and II, published by Revue Icare
Trassaert, "La Marianne de Décaris" [CD-ROM]

St. Pierre & Miquelon
Diagonal overprint on 1F Sage
Fakes and bogus items offered over Internet
Retouching, for Vichy use, of prewar "RF" pictorials

Siege of Paris [also see Franco-German War of 1870-71]
Amazing 1870/71 Wonder Stories: Index to Nos. 1-83
Balloon fallacies, fantasies and misconceptions
Balloon "Neptune" (genuine example)
Postal money orders from Paris
Thanksgiving 1870 in Paris

Somali Coast
Provisional bisects, overprints, and use of Obock stamps 1901-02

Some Show Reports

Sower Issues
40c cameo Sower: die types

Stamp Designs [also see Essays and Proofs]
Grand Prix for Philatelic Art, 2001

Tahiti
Controversial overprints and covers, end of 19th Century
Quantities made of 1893 overprints

TAAF
1894 cover from US to Kerguelen Island
Early 20th Century Kerguelen mail and markings

Togo
Mixed franking with French West Africa, World War II

Types and Subtypes
40c cameo Sower
Pasteur issues
New Caledonia: on recent issues

World War I
Military franchise granted at civil POs

World War II
American Expeditionary Forces messages
French POWs in British East Africa, provisional formules
Indo-China: formules for radio messages from France
Polish official-mail perfins on French stamps
Unique battleship "Richelieu" cover

subject index for 2000

subject index for 2001

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