Number 299 August 2022

CONTENTS

Marianne de Muller Part 2: The 15 Franc issue (YT 1011) (Mick Bister)
Réunion Maritime The Difficulties and Dangers of Maritime Travel Part II. War in the Indian Ocean 1794 - 1814 (Peter R.A. Kelly)
A study of the François Fournier forgeries of the ‘Navigation and Commerce’ issue (Simon Binsted)
The Republican calendar in France (Chris Hitchen)
Côte d’Ivoire Colis Postaux CP9 and CP10 of December 1903 as listed in the 2022 edition of the Yvert & Tellier Colonies Françaises Catalogue (Simon Binsted)
There’s no business like…Show business - connections on French stamps (David Parmley)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  A dispute between neighbours ‘La crise franco-monégasque 1962-1963’ (Edwin Voerman)
•  The Winged Victory of Samothrace ( Larry Rosenblum)
•  A Question via email - London to Tunis via Marseilles (Peter Maybury)
•  A Question from the Forum - A redirected cover to St Nazaire (Chris Hitchen)
•  The future of the Annual Philatelic Weekend (David Parmley)
•  Early Booking details of F&CPS Annual Philatelic Weekend
•  The o,40 Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp coil – a dorsal number variation? (Mick Bister)
•  Manuscript chiffres-taxe (Jan Gane)
Au Coin des neophytes
•  Réunion to Montevideo
Reports of Meetings:
•  46th Annual Philatelic Weekend, 11 to 13 March 2022
•  Northern Group Meeting of 4 April 2022
•  Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 12 March 2022
•  Northern Group Meeting of 9 July 2022
Bookshelf (M Round)
•  French Transsaharan Mails and History, Post Offices and Communications in Niger by P. R.A. Kelly FRPSL
•  Delivered by the Hotel’s Care - The Private Postal Services of French Hotels in Jersey by Roger E. Harris
•  The Postmarks and Postal History of Cameroun under French Administration - 1916-1959 by M.P. Bratzel, Jr.
•  British West Africa and the French Airmail Services to June1940 by B. Priddy