Number 233 September 2004

CONTENTS

Visiting Cards - a brief history of rates, regulations and postal stationery Part 2 (Mick Bister)
Porte-Timbres Vignettes (Ashley Lawrence)
The Money-Stamps of France (Ashley Lawrence)
The Post Offices of French West Africa: Part 3 - Mauritania (conclusion) (Bill Mitchell and Laurence Lambert)
Amazing 1870-71 Wonder Stories - 86 (Ernst Cohn)
France - The Red Cross, Part 1 (John West)
Shorter Items:
 •  Avis de Réception in the Former French Colonies (David Taylor Smith)
 •  A Recent Find (David Jennings-Bramly)
 •  A Treble Abus de Confiance (David Jennings-Bramly)
 •  Benin Mail Collected by German Mail Boat (John Mayne)
 •  New £5 Coin (David Jennings-Bramly)