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"French Colonies" is the name used by philatelists to refer to the postage stamps issued by France for use in the parts of the French colonial empire that did not have stamps of their own. These were in use from 1859 to 1906, and from 1943 to 1945.
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"FrenchColonies" is the name used by philatelists to refer to thepostagestamps issued by France for use in the parts oftheFrench colonial empire that...
This is a survey ofthepostagestamps and postal history ofFrance. The first stampsofFrance were issued on 1 January 1849. They were designed by Jacques-Jean...
a list ofpostagestamps that are especially notable in some way, often due to antiquity or a postagestamp error. Among the best-known stamps are: Penny...
PostagestampsoftheFrenchColonies Martinique. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 18 August 2011. "Martinique | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory"...
Benin). TheFrench colonial territories in the federation issued their own postagestamps until 1943. In many cases, thestamps were inscribed with the name...
reunited as French Equatorial Africa in 1910 in an attempt to copy the relative success ofFrench West Africa. The first postagestamps for the colony were...
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from there was routed through the British post office on Fernando Po (now Bioko). Mail used thestampsoftheFrenchColonies general issue, cancelled with...
1847, in the denominations of five and ten cents, with the use ofstamps made mandatory in 1855. The issue and use of adhesive postagestamps continued...
postagestamps, and on May 25, 1849, the Legislative Assembly of Canada resolved to adopt the use ofstamps in the Province of Canada. Thecolonies co-operated...
Thepostagestampsof Vietnam were issued by a variety of states and administrations. Stamps were first introduced by theFrench colonial administration...
a survey ofthepostagestamps and postal history of Germany and philatelically related areas. The main modern providers of service were the Reichspost...
survey ofpostagestamps and postal history ofthe German colonies and part ofthepostagestamps and postal history of Germany, as well as those ofthe individual...
Postagestamp design is the activity of graphic design as applied to postagestamps. Many thousands of designs have been created since a profile bust of...
overseas colonies. Millions ofstamps were produced and they were the principal means ofpostage for all German imperial overseas possessions in the years...
Stamp collecting is the collecting ofpostagestamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection)...
postage stamps was at Assinie from 1862, where theFrenchColonies general issues were available. The cancellation was an "ASI" in a lozenge of dots. The colony...
alongside the Treasury Notes. In 1963 production ofpostagestamps passed to the General Post Office. The Finance Act 1986 introduced Stamp Duty Reserve...
government renamed the country as the Lao People's Democratic Republic. PostagestampsoftheFrenchColoniesPostagestamps and postal history of Indochina Rossiter...
service, notable for the introduction of prepaid stamped lettersheets in 1819. The first postagestamps in Italy were also issued by the Sardinian kingdom...
survey ofthepostagestamps and postal history of St. Pierre and Miquelon concerns Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a group ofFrench islands off the coast of Newfoundland...
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