Number 296 August 2021
CONTENTS
Fraud and franchise abuse in the French post office before 1849 (C J Hitchen)
Recouvrements Service Envelope N°1494 Variants (D Huckett)
Réunion - mail from a distant shore (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
La France d’outre-mer : The Quinzaine Impériale and Joseph Foret (D J Hogarth)
Collecting by Topic: The Châteaux of France Part One: The Stamps (R Niven)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
• The 1959 Fréjus Disaster Fund Issue (E Voerman)
• My very first stamp (J Wolvers)
• Identification of dated corner blocks of the 20c Rose-Lilac Cameo Sower (M Blackledge and M L Bister)
• The French Revolutionary Wars 1798 - 1802: (5) The evacuation of French troops from Egypt, 1800 (J Cowlin)
• Classic Forgeries Query: (1) Cérès (R Abela)
• Gabon Y& T 14 + 15 (18 May 1889): forgeries (S Binsted)
• The Fournier Forgeries (S Binsted)
• Côte d’Ivoire Y&T Colis Postaux 7g + 7h: forgeries (S Binsted)
• The Royal Visit to France 1938 (M Meadowcroft)
• Redirection of International Mail at the Original Rate (E Voerman and J Vellekoop)
• Cancellations and rates applying to French newspapers (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
• A Postcard Mystery (P Maybury)
• What is this? (1) Côte D’Or et Gabon (S Fairchild)
• What is this? (2) Postmark (S Fairchild)
• What is this? (3) ½ centime en plus (S Fairchild)
• French Colonies General Issues (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
• Congo Français correction (S Binsted and M Parren)
• Classic Forgeries Query: (2) Cérès, a forger’s forgery? (R Abela)
• Les timbres-poste ‘Changement de tarif’ (R N Broadhurst)
• Censorship of Civilian Mail in Madagascar During World War II
• Au Coin des neophytes (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
• Problems with reply paid letter cards sent out of the country of issue (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
Bookshelf (M Round)
• Review of: Les surcharges locales de 1992 à 1997 aux Comores, Le Philatéliste Croix-Rouge, Marianne, Maurice Noguès vers l’Asie avec la nuit, Air France et le Breguet Deux-Ponts