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January 2010 incoming mail – Covers from France

And my covers showcase moves on from Canada to France, where I’ve received 3 covers lately.

Published on January 15th 2010 | Read more.... | No Comments »

Two covers from France

And from Venezuela to France, where I have received two covers.

Published on August 22nd 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »

Beautiful La Semeuse (the Sower)

La Semeuse, the Sower, first appeared on French stamps in April 1903. The graceful figure (of model Charlotte Ragot) wearing the Phrygian cap of liberty, sowing ideas at sunrise, came to symbolise Republican France throughout much of the 20th century. The stamp was designed by Louis Oscar Roty and engraved by Louis-Eugène Mouchon. Without going deeper into this series, I’ll just show an interesting item I found recently.

Published on May 5th 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »

Precancels on french stamps

To continue with last weeks theme with France, I’ll be talking about precancels – or préoblitérés as French say – on French postage stamps. In short, a precancelled stamp is a stamp that has been cancelled before being affixed to mail. Precancels are typically used by mass mailers like newspapers and advertisers. The postal administration will typically offer an incentive in the form of a reduced price for precancelled stamps in volume.

Published on May 4th 2009 | Read more.... | 9 Comments »

A french mystery stamp

Back-of-book issues are always fun to receive, as you usually have to do some detective work to find out details and history of the item. Below is a mystery item I assume to be from France. I hope that french collectors could help me with this one as I have run to an dead end.

Published on April 30th 2009 | Read more.... | 13 Comments »

Vive la France – some good reasons to collect French stamps

I confess that for a long time I didn’t like French stamps. The problem was pretty much the same as with any foreign country that one collects randomly – what you get is usually definite series with messy cancellations. Luckily my collection of French stamps has grown from my early collecting days, and currently France is one of my favorite European countries to collect. This is pretty much due to interesting themes that go on year after year.

Published on April 29th 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »

Contents for category French (France) stamps

January 2010 incoming mail – Covers from France

Two covers from France

Beautiful La Semeuse (the Sower)

Precancels on french stamps

A french mystery stamp

Vive la France – some good reasons to collect French stamps

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