Number 298 April 2022

CONTENTS

Any which way that works: WWII airmail routes from French West Africa to Switzerland (B Priddy)
Réunion Maritime: The Difficulties and Dangers of Maritime Travel Prior to the Opening of the Port in 1886 -
     Part I: The Maritime Element (P R A Kelly)
Marianne de Muller Part 1: Introduction (M Bister)
Censorship of Civilian Mail in Madagascar During WWII - Handstamps and Labels (J Parmenter et al)
Liberating France from Fascism, the postage stamp way (L Konzon) Notes: (D Hogarth)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  A snapshot in Time - Paris Reuilly post office (C Hitchen)            
•  The Second Fronde French Civil War 1650 – 1653 (J Cowlin)        
•  French King Louis-Philippe I Annual Review on 28th July 1835 (J Cowlin)
•  Victoria, Cameroun Postmark Surprise (M Bratzel)
•  Homage to Jean-Luc Trassaert (M Bister)
•  The Avenue de Laumière in the 19th arrondissement (C Hitchen)
•  Indian Ocean Island (Fun and) Games (M Round)
•  Indian Settlements - a double bonus (M Round)
•  Exhibition Successes - London 2022
Au Coin des neophytes
•  Post office efficiency - Post office inefficiency (C Hitchen)
Reports of Meetings
•  London Group Meeting of 30 October 2021, Members’ Displays (M Bister)
Advertisement: French Transsaharan Mails and History, Post Offices and Communications in Niger by P R A Kelly
Bookshelf (M Round)
•  Review of Yvert et Tellier, Catalogue de Timbres-Poste: Colonies Françaises et Bureaux Français à l’Étranger 2022
•  Les colonies françaises 1939-1945, Volume 1 François Chauvin Timbres magazine
•  British West Africa and the French Airmail Services to June1940 by B Priddy
•  Yvert & Tellier ‘Timbres De France’ Catalogue 2022 Reviewed by R Broadhurst
New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons: October 2021-February 2022 (M Round)