Air Posts -- Stamps, Services, Rates, Markings
Concorde 0,46 of 2002
French services, airlines, planes, pilots (1919-39)

Algeria
Beni Amran renamed Mal. Pétain in 1942
Registered mail, 1844-1876

Alsace-Lorraine
Detoured mail, 1870-on
MIRECOURT 1870 handstamp

Andorra
Hôtel Rosaleda 0,46 stamp of 2002

Awards and Honors [also see Some Show Reportsl
R. Kinsley named Northwest Fed. Distinguished Philatelist
A. Lawrence special award for an article
R. Stone named (posthumously) to APS Hall of Fame
R. Winter receives 2003 Lichtenstein Award

Balloon Post [see Siege of Paris]

Booklets and Booklet Stamps
New cover designs, 2003

Cameroun
2nd trial printing of 27.8.40 overprint

Censorship, Censor Markings
St. Pierre & Miquelon, 1939-1945
On outbound Swiss mail transiting France in WWII

Coil Stamps
Marianne de Luquet in euros: #s on back of every stamp

Dahomey
Bisects of 1920

Essays and Proofs
Paris 1925 Deco Arts Expo issues
Marianne à la Nef (1959-60)
Marianne de Dulac 100F revenue stamp
1939 semi-postals
New Caledonia: Cagou bird projects of 2002

Etiquettes, Vignettes and Labels
World War II LVF productions

Expositions
Paris 1925 Deco Arts issues

Forgeries, Fakes, Bogus Items
New Caledonia: Boite Mobile markings
id., fabricated Vichy era covers
St. Pierre & Miquelon: diagonal overprint on 1F Sage
Web site for advisories
WWII Feldpost cover

France: 19th Century Issues
20c Lauré, earliest date of use

France: 20th Century Issues [also see individual issues, Types & Subtypes]
Marianne à la Nef (definitive study)
Marianne de Dulac design, 100F revenue stamp
Paris 1925 Deco Arts Exposition Issues
Sarah Bernhardt semi-postal of 1945
Semi-postals of 1939
Winged Victory semi-postal, 1937
1F Iris, green and red values

France: 21st Century Issues [also see individual issues]
Marianne de Luquet in euros: reengraved(?) legends
id., coils
id., color variations of 1,02
id., color coding for green, red and blue "usages"
Missing phosphor bands on recent stamps
"Personalized" stamps

Franco-German War of 1870-71 [also see Siege of Paris, Alsace-Lorraine]
A cover to England
Detoured Alsace-Lorraine mail
German POWs in Paris

French Colonies, Dependencies and Overseas Territories [also see individual Colonies]
Cameroun: 2nd trial printing of 27.8.40 overprint
Dahomey: Bisects of 1920
French Guiana: Port Inini
Gabon: Canoe mail service, WWII
id., Design source for 1910 issues
Guadeloupe: Overprints of 1889-90
id., Stamp shortages, 1900-01
Indo-China: Garnier and Mekong River expedition, 1866-68
New Caledonia: Boite Mobile markings are faked
id., Cagou bird 2002 projects
id., Fabricated Vichy-era covers
id., Horseback mail service, end of
Réunion: Retirement of last rural pedestrian carrier
St. Pierre & Miquelon: Censorship, 1939-45
Togo: 1921 "Mandate" issue, earliest dates

French Guiana
Port Inini

Gabon
Canoe mail service, WWII
Design source for 1910 issues

Guadeloupe
Overprints of 1889-90
Stamp shortages, 1900-01

Indo-China
Garnier and Mekong River expedition, 1866-68

Internet Trading
Web site re forgers and fakers

Machine Cancels [also see Postal Markings]
Paris 1925 Deco Arts Expo slogans

Marianne de Luquet Issues
Coil stamps
Color coding of euro issues
Color variations, 1,02 value
Euro values, reengraved(?) legends

Maritime and Fluvial Posts
Canoe mail service, Gabon
Pacific stations, 19th Century
River-boat service, Belgian Congo and Gabon

Memorials and Obituaries
Bridoux, Charles
Durrens, Claude
Farcigny, Jean
Marsh, John O., Jr.
Marson, Lucio
Pittier, Raymond

Military Posts (incl. Occupations)--Post-World War II
Military postal bureaus opened/closed during 2002

Military Posts -- 21st Century
BPM 242, Tadjikstan
BPMs become BPIs, January 2003
French naval operations off Afghanistan, 2002
Replacement of POSTE AUX ARMÉES markings, 2002

Naval Mail and Markings
Pacific stations, 19th Century

New Caledonia
Boite Mobile markings are faked
Cagou bird 2002 design projects
Fabricated Vichy-era covers
Horseback mail service, end of

Overprints and Surcharges
Guadeloupe: on 1c and 1F values, 1889-90
St. Pierre & Miquelon: probable fake on 1F Sage

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

Paris Commune (1871)
Unmanned balloon post

Phosphorescent Tagging
Missing phosphor bands on recent issues

Postal Markings [also see individual Colonies, Military Posts, Franco-German War, Machine Cancels, etc.]
Ambulants (general study)
Earliest 1860 dates for Sardinian markings on French stamps
Lyon PC 1817 killer
MIRECOURT (Vosges) 1870-71 marking
PAR PIROGUE POSTALE (Gabon, WWII)
Paris district office date stamps, Sage period, new dates
Railway station markings (general study)

Postal Rates and Tariffs
Calculating postal-route distances, 1792-1800
Registered mail, Algeria, 1844-76
1 June 2003 rates

Postal Services
Electronic registered mail
La Poste offers free postcard mailings

Postal Stationery
CASSETTEPOSTE (issued 1984)

Precancelled Stamps
Variations of 1,87 Flower under UV light

Railway Mail and Markings
Ambulant markings (general study)
Courrier-convoyeur markings (general study)
Railway station (gares) markings (general study)

Registry, Registered Mail
Algeria, 1844-1876

Réunion
Retirement of last rural pedestrian carrier

Revenue Stamps
Marianne de Dulac 100F essay

Reviews of Books, Pamphlets and Catalogs
Dallay catalogue
"La Poste Aérienne Francaise", v. III, publ. by Revue Icare
LaBlonde, "World War II mail fr. Switzerland...
Trassaert, "La Marianne a la Nef " [CD-ROM]
Verner, "Mail of the Czechoslovak Legions in France"

Sage Issues
Paris district office date stamps, new dates
5c yellow-green, earliest 1898 date

St. Pierre & Miquelon
Censorship, 1939-1945

Siege of Paris [also see Franco-German War]
Balloon fallacies, fantasies and misconceptions
Entrusted mail, via Msgr. Chigi
"Neptune" cover
"Piper I" mail
Wm. J. Brown correspondence

Stamp Designs [also see Essays and Proofs]
Concorde 0,46 of 2002
FCPS member Angleviel designs New Caledonia and Wallis & Futuna 2003 stamps
Gabon: Design source for 1910 issues
Grand Prix for Philatelic Art, 2002

Togo
1821 "Mandate" issue, earliest dates

Types and Subtypes
50e Jeanne d'Arc, 50e Fachi Woman, 90c Berthelot

Vietnam
Revenues (to be collected on document)

World War I
Mail of the Czech Legions in France
Unofficial franchise letter-card

World War II
LVF etiquettes
Outbound Swiss mail, through France
St. Pierre & Miquelon, censorship

subject index for 2000

subject index for 2001

subject index for 2002

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