Number 297 December 2021

CONTENTS

The Atlantic Pockets in France 1945 (D Hogarth)
The 12th UPU Congress, Paris, 1947 (E Voerman)
Heroes of the French Resistance (J West)
Censorship of Civilian Mail in Madagascar During WWII - Handstamps and Labels (J Parmenter et al)
New postal rates in France 2022 (R Broadhurst)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  New Caledonia (D Brown) - Reply (M Round)
•  Fraud and franchise abuse before 1849 - an update (C Hitchen)
•  Congo Brazzaville – an important cover (M Round)
•  The French Revolution 1789 – 1795 (J Cowlin)
•  A quick guide to spotting Fournier forgeries of Congo Français Nº1 Colis Postaux 1891 (S Binsted)
•  First sailing of the SS Normandie (D Garrod FRPS)
•  Imperial Airways Study Group
•  Tahiti – a dead giveaway (M Round)
•  Unique Concorde Miniature Sheet (R Broadhurst)
•  1855 letter certified by the Mayor of Ardennes Sevigny (L Wiechula)
Au Coin des neophytes -
•  1855 letter certified by the Mayor of Ardennes Sevigny (L Wiechula)
Reports of Meetings ,
•  45th Philatelic Weekend at Charlecote 9-11 July 2021 (C Hitchen)
•  Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 10 July 2021 (A T Brunton)
•  Examiner’s Report (A King)
Bookshelf (M Round)
•  Review of Art du Timbre Gravé by L’Association du Timbre Gravé (M Round)
•  The Postmarks and Postal History of Cameroun Under French Administration – 1916-1959 (MP Bratzel, Jr)
List of Recently Published Articles (M Tyler)
Books Noted (M Tyler)
•  New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons: July-October 2021 (M Round)
•  Index to Volume 71, 2021 (J Gane)