Number 295 April 2021

CONTENTS

The Cathedrals, Basilicas, and Churches of France (R Niven)
Post-independence postmarks of the Central African Republic - Part 4 (M Parren & M Bohnstedt)
French Transatlantic Mail (S Ellis)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  Cérès de Bordeaux Commemorative Booklet (A T Brunton)
•  Post-Delandre Red Cross Booklets (J West)
•  The Belgian and French franc exchange rate of 1928 as seen in the application of postage due (E Voerman)
•  Syria à cheval: twice! (M Round)
•  The Napoleonic Wars 1803 – 1815: (3) The Russian Campaign of 1812-1813, Magdeburg (J Cowlin)
•  The Napoleonic Wars 1803 – 1815: (4) Lost in action (J Cowlin)
•  50th Anniversary of stamp printing at Boulazac (R N Broadhurst)
•  Madagascar: the 2f Lemur of 1961 (M Round)
•  Taxation of a Letter sent under Military Franchise from French Soudan to France (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
•  Playing with the Post in WWII: Interzone Postcards (D J Hogarth)
•  Avis de recherche - Research request (B Mattei)
•  Algeria: Modern fiscals used for postage (M Round)
•  Recommandé d’office (C Hitchen)
•  The 1f50 ‘tolerated’ letter rate to the Comité International de la Croix Rouge in Geneva (J Moffat)
•  Poste Mobile query (J Moffat)
•  Ambulant query (J Moffat)
•  French Colonies General Issues (S Fairchild)
•  Zoom into the US
•  Mail from Réunion landed at La Flotte (P R A Kelly FRPSL) 
Bookshelf (M Round)
•  Review of: The Development of French Postal Communications in the Algerian Sahara by P R A Kelly FRPSL, FSPH  (M Round)
•  Bulletins Reviewed: L’Entier Postal, Bulletin Philatélique et Cartophile, Cercle Aérophilatélique Français,
•  New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons (M Round)