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	<title>Stamp Collecting Blog &#187; French (France) stamps</title>
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		<title>January 2010 incoming mail – Covers from France</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And my covers showcase moves on from Canada to France, where I&#8217;ve received 3 covers lately.

First a cover with &#8220;Le Carré d’Encre&#8221; special cancel. If I have understood correctly this is a promotion cancel for new &#8220;philatelic concept store&#8221; in Paris.
I have to say that each of the stamps designs appeals to me, but especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two covers from France</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And from Venezuela to France, where I have received two covers. 

The first cover was sent by Annaëlle from Coulaines. On top of Annaëlle&#8217;s cover was this stamp stamp showing a piece of ironwork at the Paris war museum. 
The stamp is part of larger (booklet) set containing 12 different stamps&#8230;. I was very pleasently suprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful La Semeuse (the Sower)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Precancels on french stamps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To continue with last weeks theme with France, I&#8217;ll be talking about precancels &#8211; or préoblitérés as French say &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A french mystery stamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.

What [...]]]></description>
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