The Bordeaux Issue - Table of Contents

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Dedication iii
The Vaurie Memorial Fund iii
Preface iv
Acknowledgments v
Location of Plating-Sign Charts xi
I. THE BORDEAUX ISSUE 1
Introduction -- Collecting Hints and Some Definitions 1
Identification -- The Look-Alikes 3
The Lithographic Process 5
Historical Background 5
The Wood Essay 7
Dambourgez’ 20 Centimes Type I 7
Yon's Process -- Verbal Description 7
Yon's Process -- Schematic Drawings 10
Print Quality, Varieties, and Plating 15
Cancellations and Uses 21
Normal Use -- Types of Cancels, Railroad, Maritime 21
Offices Abroad 25
Algeria 26
Wartime -- In and Out of Paris, Detoured Mail, Army Use 27
Postwar -- Commune, Versailles, Double-Franking Regime 30
Miscellaneous -- Fiscal Use, Mixed Frankings 34
II. THE BORDEAUX STAMPS -- THE VALUE CHAPTERS 37
Explanation of Format of the Value Chapters 37
The One Centime 38
Introduction 38
Design Proofs 39
Report 1 39
Report 2 40
Report 3 40
Retouches 40
Other Printing Defects 42
Musee Material 43
Multiples 43
Auction Items 43
Colors 43
The Plating Charts 44
Report 1 44
Report 2 45
Report 3 46
The Two Centimes 47
Introduction 47
Report 1 47
Report 2 47
Proofs 48
The Tours Print 48
Non-Cataloged Varieties 48
Forgeries 49
Multiples 51
Covers 51
Shades 52
The Plating Charts 53
Report 1 53
Report 2 54
The Four Centimes 55
Introduction 55
Report 1 55
Report 2 55
Forgeries 56
Varieties 57
Auction Items 57
Shades 57
The Plating Charts 58
Report 1 58
Report 2 59
The Five Centimes 60
Introduction 60
Identification of Report 1 60
Report 2 -- States 61
Design Proofs 63
Musee Material 65
Varieties 65
Auction Items and Multiples 65
Colors and Shades 66
The Plating Charts 67
General 67
Report 1 67
Report 2 68
The Ten Centimes 70
Introduction 70
Reports 71
Design Proofs 71
Varieties 72
Forgeries 72
Auctions -- Multiples and Covers 72
Colors 72
The Plating Charts 74
General 74
Report 1 74
Report 2 76
The Twenty Centimes 77
Introduction 77
The Types 77
Type I 77
Type II 78
Type III 78
Colors 78
Forgeries 78
Type I -- Dambourgez 81
Introduction 81
Varieties 81
Forgeries 82
Multiples 82
Colors 82
The Plating Charts 83
General 83
Report 1 83
Report 2 84
Type II - Yon 85
Introduction 85
Reports 85
Proofs 86
Musee Material 86
Varieties 86
Forgeries 88
Multiples 88
Colors 88
The Plating Charts 90
Report 1 90
Report 2 91
Report 3 92
Type III - Yon 94
Introduction 94
Reports 94
Proofs 95
Varieties 96
Forgeries 98
Multiples 99
Auction Items 99
Colors 99
The Plating Charts 100
Report 1 100
Report 2 101
The Thirty Centimes 102
Introduction 102
Varieties 102
Forgeries 103
Multiples 103
Colors 103
The Plating Charts (One Report) 104
The Forty Centimes 105
Introduction 105
Proofs and States 105
Varieties 105
Colors 106
Multiples 106
Forgeries 106
The Plating Charts 108
General 108
Report (Only One) 108
The Eighty Centimes 110
Introduction 110
States and Reports 110
Proofs 110
Musee Material 111
Varieties 111
Forgeries 111
Multiples 111
Colors 112
The Plating Charts 113
General 113
Report (Only One) 113
III. REFERENCES (Annotated) 114
APPENDICES 121
Index to Definitions of Terms or Concepts Where First Mentioned or Further Discussed 121
Correlation of Scott Numbers with Those in Yvert, Ceres, Maury, Thiaude, and Gibbons 122
LIST OF FIGURES 123

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