Number 227 March 2003

CONTENTS

La Semeuse - The Early Years (Ashley Lawrence)
Pages From My Collection 18 - The Suspension of Mail Services in Time of War and Revolution (Robert Johnson)
Some Early Machine Cancels - 1 (Bill Mitchell)
A Red 10c Sower Rarity (David Jennings-Bramly)
La Semeuse - Chronology and Postal Usage (Ashley Lawrence)
Amazing 1870-71 Wonder Stories - 74 (Ernst Cohn)
The Sower - Miscellaneous Items (Robert Johnson)
The Sower in Literature (Alan Wood)
1914 - the 10c Red Sower and the Red Cross (John West)
Tariffs: Internal Letter Rates 1849-2002 (Derek Richardson)
Shorter Items:
 •  Algeria - the 1943 "E.F.M." Telegram Stamps (Bill Mitchell)
 •  Togo: the 1921 "Mandate" Issue Again! (Bill Mitchell)
 •  The Woermann Line (John Mayne)
 •  Département Conquis 131 (Arthur Dent)
 •  WWII Censorship and Cancelled Airmail Marks (John Sears)
 •  French Post Office in Shanghai (Malcolm Givans)
 •  Benin and Mail from Togo (John Mayne)