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In 1966, several stamps were issued for the launching of satellites. On 17 January two stamps were issued (8f and 12f) and on 10 May a third one of 10f, depicting satellite D1. It's that third one my question is about.
My SG catalogue says that the stamp is engraved by C. Dutruns. I am quite sure that this is a typo for C. Durrens, but I would like to be 100% sure. I don't actually have the stamp so can't check the name in the design.
Can you confirm whether that particular D1 satellite stamp is engraved by C. Durrens?
Very good idea starting a thread gugusg. I'm only in the starting fase with this area, but I'm sure I will have questions later on. And when I get some nice things to show I will put it up.
AKPhilately wrote:
Can you confirm whether that particular D1 satellite stamp is engraved by C. Durrens?
Hope so!
Hi AKPhilately,
In the absence of gugusg I can confirm that it was in fact Durrens. The design was issued in France (Y&T 1476) and then used across the colonies with the name and value tablet changed.
If I wasn't having severe problems with the scanner right now I would post an image of the aforementioned stamp.....
Jon
Barbados, Commonwealth, France & Colonies, GB, Line Engraved, Intaglio & Recess printed stamps
Here is an exert from the Maury catalogue for New Caledonia. It states the stamp was both designed and engraved by Durrens.
And here is a France stamp of the same design. You can read Durrens signature in the centre bottom. Sorry, I don't have the New Caledonia stamp available.
Memphre
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AKPhilately wrote:
Can you confirm whether that particular D1 satellite stamp is engraved by C. Durrens?
Hope so!
Hi AKPhilately,
In the absence of gugusg I can confirm that it was in fact Durrens. The design was issued in France (Y&T 1476) and then used across the colonies with the name and value tablet changed.
If I wasn't having severe problems with the scanner right now I would post an image of the aforementioned stamp.....
Jon
Hello,
Well everyone can respond, thank you for the response by the way !!
For my first picture post in this thread, I wanted to show one of the first stamps I bought as a single stamp (not collection) for my France collection. I thought the mark was so nice, so I had to buy it, and then I just hope you don't think I was crazy for buying it.
mads1983 wrote:For my first picture post in this thread, I wanted to show one of the first stamps I bought as a single stamp (not collection) for my France collection. I thought the mark was so nice, so I had to buy it, and then I just hope you don't think I was crazy for buying it.
I paid £40 for it, which I think is a okay price?
If you find another one for £40 please send it my way
Fabulous stamp, one I still don't have
Jon
Barbados, Commonwealth, France & Colonies, GB, Line Engraved, Intaglio & Recess printed stamps
mads1983 wrote:For my first picture post in this thread, I wanted to show one of the first stamps I bought as a single stamp (not collection) for my France collection. I thought the mark was so nice, so I had to buy it, and then I just hope you don't think I was crazy for buying it.
I paid £40 for it, which I think is a okay price?
If you find another one for £40 please send it my way
Fabulous stamp, one I still don't have
Jon
Thanks Jon, I will let you know if I find one more. I was also surprised it didn't attract more attention. Maybe there's not a lot of France collectors in Denmark
The back is totally clean gugusg, so I'm satisfied
Greaden wrote:I have a question about the imperforate stamps with drawn perforations from Obock and the French Somali Coast.
Who designed them? What thought went into them? What were the circumstances around their production?
Obock : they are from 1893 / 1894
Somali Coast : Same date and some new stamps in 1902
I do not know the designer and why they have been issued
Alas Maury is silent on the matter. I am tempted to make the trip to Paris archives to find an answer but should probably exhaust the resources of the APS first.
mikeg wrote:Here is my first question, and naturally it is a 'is this genuine?' question
The margins are a bit small, so normally I would assume it to be a trimmed French stamp, but is the cancel correct for a Scott French Colonies #44
Also as the Colonies stamp is much higher in catalog value makes it that much more likely to be a forgery.
I have other trimmed copies, but the France cancels give them away.
Mike
I'm pretty sure this a «Paris - rue Taitbout» cancel, so a trimmed down France stamp, not a colonial. I'm not aware of colonial cancels with a street name for the period.
Memphre
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It is *NOT* a colonial cancel but colonial stamps could have french cancel on arrival. (Some colonial stamps have also be used in France).
But for this one, the margins are very close. You should try to put it over a french stamps and see if it is a trimmed one or not. (probably one at 95%)
Nothing wrong with the first one. The cancel is a telegraphic cancel
The second is cancelled from the French postal office in Harar in Ethiopia, opened in 1899 to 1904.
The "Negus" at the time granted 3 French concessions: Harar 1899, Addis Ababa 1904, and Dirre-Daoua 1906 within Ethiopia, in relation to the construction of a railway line between Addis ababa and Djibouti.
I bought them on amazon.fr, no problems at all. And they look fantastic and I'm sure they will be an excellent ressource. I only wish my french was better But you can come far with google translate and some basic stamp knowlegde.
Is it normal for France and territory collectors to included Monaco and Andorra in their collections?
For Andorra and Monaco, it is just a question of doing what you want. Me, personally I don't collect them. But you'll find many French collectors enjoy the stamps from these two principalities.
Andorra is a Franco-Spanish principality, hence it's inclusion in "overseas French Territories", as for Monaco, there are a lot of ties with France and is very popular among French stamps collectors.
If someone is interested in Monaco, then just sharing some nice colour trial stamps (have about 50 of them) - all MUH, having "Musee du Timbre Poste / Palais de Monaco" marking on reverse side. (had posted them elsewhere earlier) ...
For Andorra and Monaco, it is just a question of doing what you want. Me, personally I don't collect them. But you'll find many French collectors enjoy the stamps from these two principalities.
Andorra is a Franco-Spanish principality, hence it's inclusion in "overseas French Territories", as for Monaco, there are a lot of ties with France and is very popular among French stamps collectors.
I also think I will start out just with France and colonies, and then maybe at a later time add them on.
After really getting started on my France and area collections, I bought a mixed box from a Danish auction house with different small collections from the colonies (all pre-independences). Right now I'm working on Grand Liban (Greater Libanon). But I'm having trouble with the differences between the 2 types in the first series.
While I'm waiting for answer on my Libanon question, I wanted to show a cover I picked up recently mostly because of the clean crisp cancellation. Hope you all like it. For 7 Euro I think it was a nice deal.
mads1983 wrote:While I'm waiting for answer on my Libanon question, I wanted to show a cover I picked up recently mostly because of the clean crisp cancellation. Hope you all like it. For 7 Euro I think it was a nice deal.
Nice cover. You may have noticed the letter «F» in a circle at the right near the top. This letter identifies a small village where the letter was picked up by the mailman in his round. These letter stamps were kept in each village post box, so this mark was applied immediately upon collection. The circular date cancel was only applied later at the post office in the central village for the district. Some of these letters have not been localized to a specific village. They are the basis for interesting collections.
Memphre
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I was hoping someone could help me with a question. I`m looking at Levant in my Maury catalogue and under the series from 1902-1903 under the 1,2 and 3c values it says papier GC (e.g. Levant no. 9c). What does papier GC mean?
GC stands for Grande Consommation and refers to cheap paper used for example during the war years. It is often very easily recognisable as it is not white. This paper is frequent with the Semeuse series also.