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CONTENTS

The Cathedrals, Basilicas, and Churches of France (R Niven)
Post-independence postmarks of the Central African Republic - Part 4 (M Parren & M Bohnstedt)
French Transatlantic Mail (S Ellis)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  Cérès de Bordeaux Commemorative Booklet (A T Brunton)
•  Post-Delandre Red Cross Booklets (J West)
•  The Belgian and French franc exchange rate of 1928 as seen in the application of postage due (E Voerman)
•  Syria à cheval: twice! (M Round)
•  The Napoleonic Wars 1803 – 1815: (3) The Russian Campaign of 1812-1813, Magdeburg (J Cowlin)
•  The Napoleonic Wars 1803 – 1815: (4) Lost in action (J Cowlin)
•  50th Anniversary of stamp printing at Boulazac (R N Broadhurst)
•  Madagascar: the 2f Lemur of 1961 (M Round)
•  Taxation of a Letter sent under Military Franchise from French Soudan to France (P R A Kelly FRPSL)
•  Playing with the Post in WWII: Interzone Postcards (D J Hogarth)
•  Avis de recherche - Research request (B Mattei)
•  Algeria: Modern fiscals used for postage (M Round)
•  Recommandé d’office (C Hitchen)
•  The 1f50 ‘tolerated’ letter rate to the Comité International de la Croix Rouge in Geneva (J Moffat)
•  Poste Mobile query (J Moffat)
•  Ambulant query (J Moffat)
•  French Colonies General Issues (S Fairchild)
•  Zoom into the US
•  Mail from Réunion landed at La Flotte (P R A Kelly FRPSL) 
Bookshelf (M Round)
•  Review of: The Development of French Postal Communications in the Algerian Sahara by P R A Kelly FRPSL, FSPH  (M Round)
•  Bulletins Reviewed: L’Entier Postal, Bulletin Philatélique et Cartophile, Cercle Aérophilatélique Français,
•  New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons (M Round)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

CONTENTS

Underpayments on foreign mail from France after 1849 (Chris Hitchen)                  
The 1944 Liberation stamps of Montreuil-Bellay Part 2: The ‘Département’ RF Overprint in black (Mick Bister)                       
The precursor postcards of France 1873 -1878 Part 2 (Peter RA Kelly)      
Marianne de Muller Part 4: the 12 franc issue (YT 1010) (Mick Bister)      
There’s no business like…Show Business - Connections on French stamps Part 3 (David Parmley)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers                                            
•  Meyo-Centre and Bipindi, Cameroun – Mail from un établissement de distributeur postal (Marty Bratzel)
•  The Birth of the Precursor Cards of 1873 (Peter RA Kelly)               
•  WW II French POW mail routed via Britain - The discovery of France to Germany correspondence (Paul Watkins) 
•  The 1943 Paris Airmail Exhibition - A request for information (Roy Reader)            
•  Marianne l’Effacée! Part 2 (Richard Broadhurst)
New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons: December 2022 March 2023 (Michael Round)
Bookshelf (Michael Round)                        
•  L’émission “Faidherbe-Palmiers-Ballay”, La Poste Pneumatique de Paris,
•  Le Bulletin de la Philatélie et de la Numismatique au Maroc, Stamps of French India          
List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler)
Obituary - John Parmenter (Mick Bister)

CONTENTS

Yokadouma, Cameroun – Moving the Mail to, from and within the Middle of Nowhere (Marty Bratzel)
Marianne de Muller Part 5: the 18 franc issue (YT 1011A) (Mick Bister)
There’s No Business Like.Show Business – Connections on French Stamps Part 4 (David Parmley)
A New Theme from Niger? (Michael Round)
The adoption of stamp vending machines in France Part 1: Machines and Technology (Jean-Luc Raffel)
Precursors of the French postal card Part 1 (Frans Jorissen)
F&CPS Publications List (Richard Broadhurst)
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers             
•  ‘Avis de réception après le dépôt’ Advice of receipt after time of posting (Edwin Voerman)               
•  French Congo: The 5c and 15c “Valeur” Stamps Surcharged at Brazzaville (Simon Binsted)
Reports of Meetings
•  47th Annual Philatelic Weekend, 10 - 12 March 2023 (David Parmley)
•  Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 11 March 2023 (Chris Hitchen)
•  A short review of the Joint Meeting of F&CPS and WASC
2024 Philatelic Weekend advance notice (David Parmley)
Bookshelf (Michael Round)
•  L’émission “Faidherbe-Palmiers-Ballay”, by Pierre Rohmer (Michael Round)
•  New-issue listings from Stanley Gibbons (Michael Round)
List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler)            
Books Noted (Maurice Tyler)      

Obituary - Ashley Lawrence (Mick Bister)
Obituary - Godfrey Bowden (Chris Hitchen)
Tombouctou and the Niger Bend (Peter R A Kelly)
The adoption of stamp vending machines in France - Part 2: Identification of coil stamps and postal usage (Jean-Luc Raffel) 
Precursors of the French postal card - Part 2 (Frans Jorissen)
There’s No Business Like Show Business – Connections on French Stamps - Part 5 (David Parmley)
Bank Balance Request Service (Notification d’avoir à une date déterminée) (Edwin Voerman)        
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers
•  ‘POSTELEC’ 1985 (Paul Watkins)                                                                
•  Epic of Vimy – a Canadian Pilgrimage (Don Hedger)
•  The Post Box and the Postman (Mick Bister)
•  The Gouverneur-Général Ballay Issue of French West Africa 1906/7 - An Illustrated Study of the 5F Forgery (Simon Binsted)
•  Postcards from Metz; fakes, forgeries or fantasies? (Mick Bister)
Reports of Meetings
•  Joint Meeting of WASC & F&CPS (Paul Redhead)
•  Northern Group - 14 October 2023 (Steve Ellis)
List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler)
Bookshelf
•  Courriers de la Marine Française durant la seconde guerre mondiale racontés par les Entiers postaux. By Philippe Pignon and Éric Panozzo (Reviewed by Chris Hitchen)
Index to Volume 73

CONTENTS

Development of Airmail Services in Réunion - The Bateau – Avion Period, 1932 – 1939 (Peter RA Kelly)     
The 12F Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (with an introduction to the designer and engraver Henry Cheffer) (Edwin Voerman)   
Marianne de Muller Part 6a: the 20 franc issue (YT 1011B) – Sheet, coil and stationery printings (Mick Bister) Precursors of the French postal card - Part 3: The German occupation stamps (Frans Jorissen)     
There’s No Business Like Show Business – Connections on French Stamps - Part 6 (David Parmley) 
Postal Markings of Le Havre (Keith Smith) 
Why I collect what I collect Beginnings (David Prendy) 
Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers                                          
•  Discovering post boxes in ‘La France Profonde’ (John Morton)            
•  A letter from Chad to China (Paul Grigg)
•  Marianne de l’Avenir (Richard Broadhurst)
•  Chambre des Députés (Jan Gane) 
•  ‘"The ‘POSTELEC’ experiment 1985 to 1987 (Paul Watkins) 
•  Mauritania, modern varieties (Michael Round) 
Bookshelf
•  Yvert & Tellier ‘Timbres de France’ Catalogue 2024 (Reviewed by Richard Broadhurst) 
•  Stanley Gibbons Catalogue, ‘France’ (Reviewed by Richard Broadhurst)  
New-issue listings from Gibbons Stamp Monthly: December 2023 March 2024 (Michael Round) 
Books Noted (Maurice Tyler)  
List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler)
A superb item from the Spring Auction
Obituary - Steve Ellis (Mick Bister)         
Obituary - Bob Larg (Chris Hitchen)