Number 308 August 2025

CONTENTS

– 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 Manager
Advertisement - The Postage and Revenue Meter Stamps of Cameroun by Marty Bratzel Jr. and Dr. Marc Parren