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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 AuctionObituary - Steve Ellis (Mick Bister) Obituary - Bob Larg (Chris Hitchen)
Usage of the (1938 - 1941) - Part 1 (Edwin Voerman)Série Sites et Monuments/Série touristique d’usage courantPrecursors of the French postal card - Part 5: The French balloon cards (Frans Jorissen)Marianne de Muller Part 7a: the 25 franc issue (YT 1011C) - Sheet Printings, Coils and Booklets of 20 (Mick Bister)There’s No Business Like...Show Business – Connections on French Stamps - Part 8 (David Parmley) • Due to space constraints the full article on French Cinema Stars is included here.Postal Mischief Levels 1 and 2 (Michael Round)The Suez Canal Stamp Forgeries by Saatjian - Part 2: The 1c and 20c Forgeries (Paul Grigg) Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers• Se souvenir de la France paysanne (Mick Bister)• The Ligne de Saigon à Bangkok (Rory Morrisey)• New Caledonia Whimsy, 1901-style (Michael Round)• The 25F Colour Proofs of 1959 Marianne à la Nef (Shivshankar Nair / Mick Bister)• Cancellations on ‘Navigation and Commerce’ issues (Ed Grabowski)• Somali Coast Antics - postmarks not exempt (Michael Round)• Cameroun Ecole Supérieure des P&T and Timbres Fictif (Marty Bratzel)• Two highlights from the Winter Auction: 25 January 2025 (not illustrated in the Auction catalogue).• End of an era - A lifetime of Postage Stamps (a potted history) (Terry Garcia / David Parmley)Bookshelf (Reviewed by Michael Round)• Madagascar, Philatélie Malagache: Tome 1 Les Affranchissements, by Jacques Desnos Report of the Northern Meeting Group New-issue listings from : Gibbons Stamp Monthly August - December 2024 (Michael Round)Books Noted (Maurice Tyler)List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler)Index to 2024 (Jan Gane)Advertisement for• EUROPHILEX 2025• French Territories - Modern Fine Used (Miles Cerny)• AVA Auctions Limited, Hong Kong
– A France at Peace and a France ripe for development” Some perspectives on the Second Empire through Postal History Part 1: European diplomacy and the importance of railway (Roger Niven)– Forbin Forgeries of the Merson Values for French Colonies (Miles Cerny)– Albert Désiré Barre, 6 May 1818 - 29 December 1878 (Tony Howgrave-Graham FRPSL)– Usage of the Série Sites et Monuments/Série touristique d’usage courant (1938 - 1941) - Part 2 (Edwin Voerman)– Granet and Regents (Marden Blackledge) – Publicité Dubonnet (David E Huckett)– Precursors of the French postal card - The French balloon cards - Part 5b: Balloon cards sent abroad (Frans Jorissen) – Marianne de Muller Part 7b: the 25 franc issue (YT 1011C) Booklets of 8, Postal Stationery and Postal Usage (Mick Bister) – There’s No Business Like Show Business – Connections on French Stamps - Part 9 (David Parmley)Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers• A Postcard from the Early Exploration Period of the Upper Volta Region of French West Africa in 1886 (Peter RA Kelly)• Ashley’s Letterbox (Mick Bister) • The Story behind a Letter from Batavia to Reunion in 1867 (Peter RAKelly)• Western Australia – Paris: REFUSED mail (Malcolm Brown)• Somali Coast Antics (Mick Bister) • Zoom Meeting Report 11 February 2025 Regular FeaturesBookshelf (Reviewed by Michael Round)• Yvert & Tellier ‘Timbres de France’ Catalogue 2025 (Reviewed by Richard Broadhurst)• Yvert & Tellier ‘Colonies Françaises et Bureaux Français à l’Étranger’ Catalogue 2025 (Reviewed by Miles Cerny) Books Noted (Maurice Tyler)Society Notes Report of the Northern Meeting Group List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler)Advertisement for• EUROPHILEX 2025
– Usage of the Série Sites et Monuments/Série touristique d’usage courant (1938 - 1941) - Part 3 (Edwin Voerman)– “What is Postal History?” – Precursors of the French postal card Part 6: The dépêche-réponse cards (Frans Jorissen)– Marianne de Muller Part 8: the 15 franc and 20 franc Algérie issues (YT 329 and 349) (Mick Bister) – There’s No Business Like.Show Business – Connections on French Stamps - Part 10 (David Parmley) – Maxi 3,70€ Cérès 1938 – How to distinguish? (Miles Cerny and Richard Broadhurst) – Why I collect, and what I collect (Roger Niven) Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers • Spring fever at the Salon Philatélique de Printemps, 2025 (Ran van den Boom • Algeria, a tempting offer (Michael Round) • What’s in a date? (Roger Niven) • The Paris Banlieue handstamp (David Huckett)Reports of Meetings • 49th Annual weekend 6-8 March 2025 (David Parmley / Peter Kelly) • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 7 March 2025 (Chris Hitchen) • London Group Meeting of 21 May 2025 (Roger Niven) • Wallis and Futuna (Michael Round) • Northern Group Meeting of 12 July 2025 (John Morton) Bookshelf (Compiled by Michael Round) • Yvert & Tellier/A.C.E.P. ‘Entiers Postaux’ Catalogue 2025 (Reviewed by Michael Round) New-issue listings from Gibbons Stamp Monthly: April - July 2025 (Michael Round) List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler) Society Notes• Appeals for Journal Manager / Journal Editor / Website ManagerAdvertisement - The Postage and Revenue Meter Stamps of Cameroun by Marty Bratzel Jr. and Dr. Marc Parren
– Usage of the Série Sites et Monuments/Série touristique d’usage courant (1938 - 1941) - Part 4 (Edwin Voerman)– Precursors of the French postal card Part 7: The cards of the relief organisations (Frans Jorissen)– Marianne de Muller Part 9: the New Franc issues (Mick Bister)– New Postage Rates in France 2026 (Richard Broadhurst) – There’s No Business Like Show Business – Connections on French Stamps - Part 11 (David Parmley)– Dr Delafon and the collecting bug in Guadeloupe and Martinique (Rodney Gent)– Dubious Signatures and Fake Experts: A Collector’s Survival Guide (Vincent Beghin)Shorter Items - including Questions and Answers • Mail between the Kingdom of Holland and France (David Huckett)• ‘La Poste du Bénin’ new post office meter stamps (Marc Parren)• France - Crypto-Timbre (Miles Cerny)• The Central African Empire (Michael Round)• France - Crypto-Timbre (Miles Cerny)• All Change! - new France Postal Rates (Richard Broadhurst)Reports of Meetings • London Group Meeting 1 October 2025 (Roger Niven)• An Impromptu Coffee Spot (Roger Niven)List of Recently Published Articles (Maurice Tyler) Society Notes• Appeals for Journal Manager / Journal Editor / Website ManagerAdvertisement - The Postage and Revenue Meter Stamps of Cameroun by Marty Bratzel Jr. and Dr. Marc Parren- Censorship in World War 1 by the Armée française d’Orient
