NO. 43 (Vol.8, No.1) INDKX

Nos.-l thi"OU8h 38 in this number

France &.. Colonies Philatelist

January-February 1949

Published bl-.on~hly by the France and Colonies Group

Secretary: Mrs. Helen A. Stringham,35 Franklin Place,Montclair,N.J. Editor: Stephen G.Rich,P.O.Box B,Verona,N.J.

Frenoh Centenary Exhibi~ at

The Philatelio MUseum, Philadelphia,Pa.

January 16 to Eebruary 13, 1949

At the Preview Night, saturday. January 15.

Front row: Mrs. Arthur Niohol, Mrs. Jean Carlu. Miss Louise Olemnoon.

Rear row: Mr. Frank Biokert. Mr. Baoul Lesgor, Mr.William Wilson. Mr. Jean Carlu.Mrs. Helen Stringham.

(Background is pages ot exhibit ot Balloon Post ot Sie~ ot Paris, 1870, by ~.B. Kremer).

(Photograph by Adrien Boutrelle)

Story ot the Exhibition and a further pioture. on page 2 in this number. (So look inside.)

Th. C.nt.nnial Exhibition at the

Philatelic Vu •• u •• 2The Philatelic Kuseua, opened in Deee.ber,

1948,.t Philadelphia, and connected with Temple Univer.itY,rollowed its openins seneral show in Deee.ber with our Prench and ~lonial centennial Ezhibition,January 16 te February 13, 1949.

The oceasioD wa. ,th. 100th aDDiye~ of the i •• uanc. or the Cir.t Prenoh .t .. p., the bl.ck 20c .nd or.nse If of 1849. . Pi tlJ ·to t..ke note oC thi.· occasion,. represent.tion of every thins in rrench . • nd Coloni.l phil.tely w •• chosen to fill the 150 Cr .... in the Mu.eu.. The Franc • • nd Colonie. Group, both the Phil.delphia Ch.p­ter .nd the PareDt Ch.pter in Ifew York, supplied or secured .o.t of the •• teri.l shown. Outside •• l~ectors,known to our .e.ber.,wer. asked to co.e in, when 0MIr collections would help.

Fro. the Revolutionay Period, cover. &0. un Henry A. Keyer of Ev.n.ville,Ind.( • friend of the Group) throush the Hi.toric.l Showing, the 1944-48 .ateri.~ by our aeaber, Mr. Al.n R. Fernaldi fro. Ketropolitan Fr.nee to even the lea.t known colony, every thins w.s on hand. Even such recondite fields .s: Ifew.paper st •• ps .nd u.age., by Wr. Ben Reeve.: Reunion shown Cully in the two exhibits.f Ki.s Cle.encon .nd ...... sttinlha.i the detailed .tudy of If.w Caledoni., by Mr. Donald Burses.;Post.l Hi.tory of Pari., by Mr. John B.Morton; Postal St.tionery, verr fully shown by Yr. Vincent Do •• n.ki,Jr.-·.nd so on through .ore th.n fort,-five fin. .ep.r.te exhibit. -- the field was more .dequ.tely cov­ered th.n our wildest dr.... could have thought po.sible •.

Much .ttention went to two strikins exhibits of .ost unusual n.tur •• Dr. C.rroll Ch.sefs two hand-drawn •• ps of Egypt, made durins the 1798 expedition headed by Napoleon, and used in that campaign, were universally ad.ired. Mr. Garo .Yeghrigfs complete sheet of 300 of France No.1, the 20c 1849 (the first French st.mp, even if not "catalog No.1") was easily the aost often noticed and most ad.ired single frame in the entire show.

Downstairs, filling the s.all exhibit rooa, was a special exhibit. It wa. a .pecial oft.kdal exhibit on behalf of the French Governaent,that Mr. Jean Carlu brought, eet up and eared for.

Star~ins in .n entrancing exhibit to show tbe work of tt. French underground durins the Gera.n occupation, i 't carried onw.rd. into the r.pid and great step. in restoration in France since Liber.tion,

The •• gnificent Gobelin Tapestry,wbieb show. Americ.n Army units passins Inaepend.nce Ball, en route to France in World war I. and which is one of the treasures of the Philadelphia Kusewa of Art, was lent .peci.ll, for this philateli~ occasion,by the City of Philadelphia. Bansing high on one wall of the .. in hall of the Mu.eu. and illumin.ted so that it could be seen fully and readily, this .agnificent piece save power and character to the whole showins. - on the walls of the various halls , enlarsed photographs of scences in Fr.nee were furnished br the Philatelic Wuseum.

Attendance _ing the Centennial Blthibit was steady and good, throughout its dur.tion. The preview, on the evening before the openins to the publiC, was attended by those .ctively in the WU.eum s work, and by .11 tho .. o' us in the Fr.nee 4 Colonie s ~roup who could c_e. The invit.tions for this occasion were sent to all .aabera of the Croup within convenient reach i

and the proportion that accepted wa. l.rge.

PHILATELIC MUSEUM

INTERIOI VIEW OF THE MUSEUM

Efficient lighting and new di.play technique. make tor dramatic presentations of the exhibit •.

Upper Volta

Referring to the article by Mr. Weiler,which appeared in No. 42, Mr. Edmond ~ueyroy adds for Our benefit some information.

Publio Notioe No. 3273,~uly 17,1948, which he quotes, does not list as Upper Volta offices:

Kampti, Saria, Yako. This notioe lists one offioed not given in

Mr. Weiler's list: Nouna.

This notice further lists two postal ~enci.s or "subordinate of'1'ioes,"one of which has not been included in Mr. Weiler's l1st:

Diapag& (subord1nate to Ouagadougou) Kantoher1 (subord1nate · to Ouagadougou).

Thus the information is brought up to date. We do not know whether the offices included

by Mr. Weiler and no t on this list have been di s oountint»d,or what happened to them. As they are not included in the lists of offices 10 the other Frenoh West Adrioan oolonies, in this luly 17,1948 notioe, we oan give no information. The additional offioes to jud~ from whet Mr.Weiler tells of his source of informat10n, would seem to have been established since the separat10n of Upper Volta anew as a postal un1t, and after the list in the Bottin Volume of 1948 had been -pu b1ishe d.

TB. NEW S E R V I C B

want 4 exch.nge noticesimember. only;one or two insertiona onlYino charge. Those replyins will please .ffer on11 what is .sked for here.

Wanted to bUt: used stamps of the Cere. and Napoieon Be.assues of Franee,for .Y collec~ of post.arks; lots or single ite.s. Herbert ~ Frank,13 South Colony ~t.,Merlddn,Conn. (We.ber 339).

Seeking blocks,used and unused, of the 1937 coionlis Issue of Ren' Callie. W.J. Connolly R.D.l, Barris Ave.,Bound Brook,N.J.(wember 322)

If you need U.S. Telegraphs,Orange Pree State or BeChuBnaland st .. ps, 1 will .wap for any Type Sage ite •• of France 1 can use. Millesi,, 0

uaed pairs and singl.s •• st desired. S.G. Rich, Verona, N.J. (Ke.ber 2)

3 Deteots 1n engraved stamps.......... V 25 INDEX Nos. 1 thorugh 38 ot the F.& C.Phi1.

(Vo1.1 No.1 thrOugh Vo1.7, NO.2)

B1 Cdherin. W. "nninger.

Devastated Towns (Parr)............. V 20 D1st1notions in de.ign'Roo1.)....... V 5t d'Outremer, 1941, numb.rs issued.... I 7 Double prints, modern .tamps........ V 4: Dulac Mariann....................... V 17t

'Looi ar. by vo1UD1f1 ad p!8':'-TolnMe in Bomma Emp1re I.su.,Su ••• pert.on tirst(Goot •• ) II 4: =-~~~~~~~==~n~um~~~.~r~.~~~~~~~~~~~ Empire 5t (R10h).................... VI 24

"It vo don'· ti d 1 •• hink ot th Empire 1 oentime vari.ty............ VII 2 " u to n to,,, som. o.r Emp1re 20 oentime t1aw (Dumont & Jan.t) III 21t

Balle by whiob it may be listed h.rein. tf Em i R p re- epub1ic oovera.............. IV 4: tatter a page number: ,,_ next page." tt atter a pllge number: "~d next l>88e.!."

Ader stamp ••••••••••••••••••••••••.•• Abyss1nia.Frenoh posts in ••••••••••• Airma11s,Co10n1al r.ritie •••••••••• Air ~i1s.Fr.no. 01,C8 torgeri.s •••• Air Mails,Frenoe 03,04 torgeries •••• Algeria, 1 tr Petain ••••••••••• A ••••

Alg.ri. printings (~ueyroy) ••••••••• Aroh ot Triumph misoataloguing •••••• Aroh ot Trtumph double tr.nster ••••• Automob11e show stat10n postmark •••• Ballooon Mai1,Metz (Hurt) ••••••••••• Balloon Post. identitioation(Arnold) Book Review.:Loohard,Colonial stamp.

VII 2 U 1.2 VI 18 IV 11 IV 14 I 7 I 8 VI 22 VII 4 IV 3 II 21tt ill ~ti V 15 VII 8 IV 15 VI · 1,2 VII 1,2 I 14tt

BU11.r: Airmail Etiqu.tte ••••••• Kremer. Numeral Canoellations •••

Bordeaux Issue, reoognit10n ••••••••• Boulanger materi.1 •••••••••••••••••• Bourse, stamp, Paris 1860 ••••••••••• Cameroons,Pree French 1ssu •• (Hurt)" Cameroons,ourrent oanoellations(with

map (Hamilton)...... III ltt Cancellations: Cours Pratiqu........ I ' 19

tancy 1945...................... VI 19 tirst auto show.................. IV 3 Frenoh 0010n1es................. II1,:I3tt 1nterest1ng ••••••••••••••••••••• V, 6,15,16 wu1s1ana. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IV' 3,8 Med1terranean 'ship (Vauri.l ••• III,1~;IV.11 Post oft1oe numer.1s............ III 19 Preoanoels (See under Preoancels) Pruss1an on Frenoh stamps ••••••• IV.21,22

I 10 IV 3 IV 15

Railroad •••••••••••••••••••••••• Saint Cloud Pa1.oe •••••••••••••• Stamp Day 1945 •••••••••••••••••• to 1876 (V.uri.) ••••••••••••• I.

S.e also postmarks Catalogue reviews: Nass.u •••••••••••

Beautord,oano.llations ••• Ceres. var1eti.s 2.25t •••••••••••••• Ceres, Colon1es,50 •••••••••• ~ ••••••• Co.t ot Arms. tirst series •• ~ •••••.• Colon1al Issues: Air Mail rarities ••

"B11nc1 Canoels" ••••••••••••••••• Cere8.~o •••••••••••••.••••••••••

a,a,6,1O,n

V 10 VI 15 V 4: VI 15t I 11 VI 18

III,13tt VI 15t

IV,15;V,10 I 7

CQunterteits, numerous •••••••••• Detense ot Empire set ••••••••••• Forged oano.llat1ons,on Peao.

end Commeroe ••• IV,18;VI,40 Forged Peaoe & Commeroe......... IV 19 ~orgeries •••••••••••••••••• ~ II,6,7;III,10,

- 11,14:,15/18,19,23.24;III,5,8,11,~4 Genera11ssu.s lStone) •• V,1,19,26;VI.2,3,7 Nat10nal Reliet set............. I 7 New Is~ues (Stone) •••••••• V,3; VI,17,1~23 Observations on (Keys).......... VI 8 Overpr1nts,eto.(Stone) •••••••••• III,9,10~ Pari. Int'l Expos'n (Queyroy)... I 8 Semi-Postal 1944................ VI 3

Commemorative, World's First........ VI,l~&l Conspirators' Would-Be Stamps(Olivier) VI. 13t Corsica Arms. var1.ty............... VII 1 Counterteits,why attention to....... IV 23 Countert.1ts: See also Forgerie. and, under

the various oountries and 1ssues.

Engraved stamp Fir.t Frenoh......... II 12 Bquator1al Atr10a:

Postal card stamp.(Qu.yroy)..... I 23 List ot Free Fr.noh stamps...... I 13 Fr.e Frenoh stanp. sold by...... I 11 Speou1at10n in Fr.e Frenoh stamps I 6

Bssay 1852.......................... VII 6 F.F.I. Ma11 in Par1s,Heroio Week •••• VI,5,6, 11 Facteur postmark.................... VI 7,11 raZZ8Jl. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IV 1 F1rst 1ssue proots •••••••••••••••••• III,24;lV,2 F1rst Stamps ot Frano. (Van Stratten) V 14t Forgeries; A1r Mall 01,02........... IV 11

Air Mail 03,04.................. IV 14 French protest sale ot.......... V 10 "Know Your Forgeri.s"(Vaurie}~k. Colonies

torpr1 ••••• II ,6t ,lOt ,14: ,16, l8t.,23t, III, 3,8,11t,14

Prano.,tirst post-war oommunioation trom,IV 2 Franoe & Colonies Grouploonstitution V 11

Chap-terl. • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • V 25 Chapter.,1nd1v1dual reports:III,20,23;IV,l~

VII., 4 FODlat1oD ••••••••••••••••••• .- ••• Initi.l membership •••••••••••••• New lembers: Seoretary's report in

almost ev.ry number.

I I

Free Frenob Issues': See Cameroons.Equator1a1 Atrioa .• lndill, Oo.ani., St .P1erre-M1quelon

1 4

Free Frenoh Is.ues posta11y us.d.... I 1 Pr •• Frenoh Issues, speoulation in.. I 6 ~r •• oh Guiana,Free French suroharg.

(Qu.yroy)..... VII 8 Frenoh stamp oatalogu.s............. IV 20 Gebon No.40........................ V 7 C.G.Paper (R1ch)................... VI 11 Gilbert, Gerard.................... II,l~6 Guadeloupe: postmarks ·and cancellations

(~tone) •••••• III,22t;IV,19 unoatelogued used stampslStone) VI 22t

Gu1an.,Frenoh,Free Frenoh 1ssues... VII 8 Ind1., Free French issu ••••• .-...... I 13 ~ndia (Frenoh) interesting oover... V 3 Irla Type,pr1nt var1eties ••••••• IV,ll; V 2,16 Know Y:our For~riea(Vaurie)ooloni.' II,6t,lOt,

16,18t,23t; III, 3,8,11t,14. Lebanon,Some pr1nting tigures(Queyroy) I 8 Levant,Fr.noh postott1oes In....... V,16,26 L1beration issues 1944(~nard)..... IV,14,23 L1berat10n issue ot Tour.1ne(Menard) IV, l7t L1berat10n Overprints •••••••••••••• IV,5tt, 9t. Lou1s1an.,F~enoh-made postmarks.... IV. 3,8 Lyon. oo.t ot Arms var1ety •• '. • • • • • • VII 5 Marianne ot Dulao (Kremer)......... V 17t Marianne,Wh1st11ng................. V 8 Mart1n1que,postmarks. and canoe11ations:

lHoltsiz.r)............. II at (Holts1zer & Ston.)..... VII,3t,6

Jlutln1que postott1oes (Holtsizer).. I 8 Mercury Type, tlaw on 700.......... VI 11 Mermol, plate tlaw (~tzger)....... VI 19 Merson Type, 5 tr plate br.ak...... VII 8 Merson Type,two variants(I1itt.) ••• V,l3t;VI 7 Metz ballooon letter.(Hurt)........ II 21t "nt Saint )(1ohel:Types or Dies?.. VII 7 "R" wr1tten on stamps.............. V 6 Napoleon Laureate plat. br.ak...... V 12,16

Covers, stamps on both s~es........ VI Napo1eonio ouriosity(Landauer)..... II 6

6 Navy postmarks ••••••••••••••••••••• V,3;VI 12

-

New Caledonia: Airmail.............. VII Nos. 11 and 13 recons truotion.. IV

4432lt

No.148...... .... ........ . ..••.• V (Burgess) ••••••• I,2,6f, 12m16,20 24t.

7

New Hebrides,Free Frenoh Issues.... I 1 Oceania; Airmail................... VII 4

bogus overprint............. I 10 Free Frenoh................. IV 16

Packet Weil from Danish West Indies(Stone)VI 9f Paquebots,~~diterranean,Cancellation III 15 Paris,Heroio Week Postmark ••••••• IV,ll;V!,5r~l Pasteur 1.50f (Sellmansberger)..... VI 18 Peaoe Issue, 650 and 900........... V 15 Peaoe Issue, Types ot (Bull)....... I 19f Petain Issue torgery.............. IV 18 Petain Issue, 1942 bisect ot 1 fr.. VII 2 Petain Issue, numbers issued....... I 7 Pont du Gard Issue(Lesgor) ••••••••• I,22t;IV,14 Port de la Roohelle(Jervis) •••••••• III,17tt;V;8 Postage dues: France first to use.. III 22

preoancelled............... II 19 Reunion 1901............... V 6,10

Postmarks:ohsnge in dating,Franoe & Algeria........... VII 5

Frenoh navy ••••••••••••••••• V,3;VI 12 Occasion, 1947.............. VII 7 on st ample ss 0 overs. • • • • •• IV, 14,24 ;101,8

See Canoellations also Precancels 1868-1922(Rioh)........ II,17~ Preoanoels, stamps issued as.. I,25;II~jT, 23 Printings, size ot................ I 7,25 Proo~France first issue reoent prices

(Billi~) •••••••••••••••• III,24;IV 15 Proots de luxe {Britt)............. VI lOt Prussian oanoellations of Frenoh stamps VI 2lt Quinzaine Imperial Set............ I 25 BE on Meroury Type................. IV 9 BE On U.S. Airmails ••••• IV,13f l 22f;V,4,7;VI,23 Rarest Stamps of Franoe (Almasy) ••• VI 6 Reunion: Cancellation.............. III 19

Postage Dues as Postage... V 6,10 Richel1eu Overprint •••••••••••••••• III,7;IV,12 Saint Cloud Palaoe postmark........ IV 3 Saint Nazaire sta~p'............... V 1 St.Pierre-Miquelon,Free Frenoh issues,

quantities printed ••••••••• 1,17; 11,6 St .Pierre-Mi quelon postal markings (Stone)

II , 9 , 18 , l5t Sage Type per foration oddity....... VI 8 Seapost............................ IV 8 Senegal 100 fr Airmail (Almasy) •••• V 9f Sinkine Fund first line engraved stamp II 12 Sower, types of.................... 1,18,21 Stampless cover markings •••••••• IV,14,24jVII, 8 Strasbourgh imperf. sheet.......... VII 1 Syria printings (Queyroy).......... I 8 Syria, rever-sed maker's name on stamp VII 7 Touraine Liberation Issues(Menard). IV l7f Tunis:National Relier set.......... I 7

Overprint.................... I 7 Oddity....................... IV 4 U.S. Airmails, BE on •••• IV,13f,22f;V,4,7; VI,23 Withdrawal of stamps Aug 16 1941... I 7

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SECRETARY'S RKPORT Nov. 1, 1948 through Feb.28,1949

NEw MEMel!:RS: Weloome --357 de Bretagne, Charles, 372 Main St .,poughkeep­

sie,N.Y. (Franoe) 358 Champlain, Charles E.,64 Wall St,Add1son,

N. Y. (Franoe) 359 Smeltzer, Chester A.,23 Lake St.,Ramsey, N.

J. (Frenoh Colonies) 360 Teller,Frank G., 5109 Edmondson Ave.,

Baltimore 29,Md.(No specialty ~edl 361 Wolf,J.lrving,M.D.,2825 Devon Drive,Tuo~,

Ariz.(Gen.rel oolleotor)

62 D8vis,Bernard,1520 Spruce St.~hiladelphia, 2,Pa. lCovers of the world)

Hatoh,L.Coleman,307 South 2nd St.,Vinelanq N.J. (France)

363

364

365

366

367

368

369

370

371

372

373

374

375

Neidorf,Charles,127 Cannon St.,New York 2, N.Y. (France and Colonies)

Riess,Hana,222 De Kalb Ave.,Brooklyn, N.Y. (France)

Feneberg, Miss Helen D, 302 West Louden st., Phl1adelphia 20,Pa. (U.S.)

Kelly,Peter P.,8l0 Woodland Ave.,Scheneot­ady 8,N.Y. (Franoe 1849-1900)

Malmgren,Ralph T.,20 Chestnut St., Waltham 54,Mass. (Franoe)

Steele, Donald 1~. ,430 Vernon Rd."Jenkintown, Penna. (Frenoh Colonies)

Tait,Arnold C., M.D.,5617 South Thompson Ave.,Taooma 8, Wash.(France, Morocoo, Algeria, Tunis)

von Gross,Gustave A.,Philatelio MUseum, Broad & Diamond St.,Philadelphia 22, Pa. (Switzerland)

Craig,A.J., M.D.,Summit Ave.,Fort Washing­ton,Penna. (No specialty stated)

Edinger,W.F., 223 South 5th St., Louisville 2,Ky. lFrance mint and used)

Randles,Harold F., P .O.Box 3?08, Saint Petersburg 1 ,Fla. (No speCialty sta18d)

Sulli van,Cecil G.,18 Metropolitan Oval, New York 62,N. Y. (France)

REINSTATED: Welcome back --26 Brooks,Arthur S ,R.D.4,Van 1,'/ert ,OhiO 41 Girard,Deniel P.Teachers Colle8e, New York

27,N.Y.

APPLICATIONS PENDING; Aronson,S., Newcastle, Texas Johnson, Mrs.Fanohon,160l Royal Boulevard,

Glendale ?, Calif. Kun,Henry P.,574 We~ End Ave.,New York

24,N.Y. O'Connor,Harvey,Little Compton, R.I. ~uint,Henry F.,789 W.Ferry St.,Bufralo 9,

N.Y.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS: 23 Arnal,Leon, to 4301 Linden Hills Blvd.,

Afinneapolis 10, Minn. 147 Crapser, Charles C.,to The Drake,Lake Shore

Drive,Chioago 11, Ill. 281 Schloss,Herman,to 168-18 Crocheron Ave.,

Flushing, N.Y. 61 Stone,Robert G.,to Star Route,Clinton, Md.

231 Williams,Mrs.Anne Stanley,to 1820 Wheeler St.,Houston 4, Texas.

303 Wi11is,P.D., to 'P.O.Bi)x 688,Pasadena,Texas

PHILADELPHIA CHAPrER: ---The Chapter was organized December 10, 1948.

Meetings are b~ing held monthly. fir- st M>nday, 8 p.m. at The Philatelio MUseum. You are asked to oome to meetings if you are anywhere within convenient reach,whether a Chapter member or not. Attendance has grown at each meeting.

The officers elected are: Chairman: H. Thomas Davenport Vice-Pres. pro tem: Bernard Davis Secretary pro tem: G.A. von Gross Treasurer: Ralph Ho1tsizer.

ANNUAL MEETING As provided in the By-Laws, the Annual

ing for election of Officers eto.,will be on Thursday, May 5,1949 at 8 p.m., at 22 35th St.,New York,N.Y. (Collectors Club).

Members do not have to be Parent Chapter bers to vote at this meeting.

Maet­held East

mem-