Number 300 December 2022

CONTENTS

The precursor postcards of France 1873 -1878 Part 1 (Peter RA Kelly)
The 1944 Liberation stamps of Montreuil-Bellay Part 1: The Local Maquis Overprints (Mick Bister)
Emile Dupuis – A War Artist (Dahlia R Harrison)
Marianne de Muller Part 3: the 6 franc issue (YT 1009A) (Mick Bister)
There’s no business like…show business - Connections on French stamps Part 2 (David Parmley)
The 70F Pont Valentré issue (Edwin Voerman)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  Celebrating the Past
  •  Early Use of Registration Labels 1900-1909 (Peter Kelly)
  •  Editors of the Journal (Jan Gane)
  •  Experts beware - A faked 1870 Alsace-Lorraine cover (Stephen Holder)
•  View from the past: Martinique (Michael Round)
•  Algeria: a surcharged vignette (Michael Round)
•  Madagascar: Cataloguing the surcharges of 1998-9 (Michael Round)
•  2022 Europa (CEPT) Issue “Stories & Myths” – Mélusine (Jan Gane)
•  Côte d’Ivoire Colis Postaux CP9 and CP10 of December 1903 (Maurice Tyler)
•  France: Le ‘Burelé’ à l’affiche (Richard Broadhurst)
•  Post free mail to the Sécurité Sociale (Mick Bister)
•  Advertisement - Channel Islands Specialists’ Society
•  Comité Français de la Croix-Bleue (Dahlia Harrison)
•  Advertisement - Joint meeting in Marchwith the West Africa Study Circle
•  Marianne l’Effacée! (Richard Broadhurst)
Bookshelf (Michael Round)
•  Les colonies françaises 1939-1945, Volume 1 François Chauvin Timbres magazine
•  Yvert & Tellier ‘Timbres De France’ Catalogue 2023 (Richard Broadhurst)
New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons: August - November 2022 (Michael Round) 
Notable Auction Lots (David Parmley)
Index to Volume 72, 2022 (Jan Gane)