

Two postal stationery envelopes were produced and issued in 1889. Six different letter cards were issued in 1885 and two in 1890. A total of three postcards were issued in 1876, followed by two different cards in 1880 and two in 1885. Various items of postal stationery, in addition to postage stamps, were also produced for general issue to the French Colonies.
French stamp heads on display free#
After the Free French landed in Corsica and Southern France, the stamps were used in those areas, and became valid throughout France in November 1944.įinally, in 1945 a general issue of postage due stamps for the colonies was produced. The concept was revived by the Free French forces during World War II, who printed eight types of semi-postal stamps in 19. Thereafter each colony used only its own stamps.
French stamp heads on display series#
These were in use from 1859 to 1906, and from 1943 to 1945.įrance began issuing stamps printed with the territory name in 1892 as part of the Navigation and Commerce issue.Ī series of common postage due stamps was issued beginning in 1884, with a last one appearing in 1906. " French Colonies" is the name used by philatelists to refer to the postage stamps issued by France for use in the parts of the French colonial empire that did not have stamps of their own.

View a machine-translated version of the French article. Household silver or silverware (the silver, the Plate, or silver service) includes tableware, cutlery, and other household items made of sterling silver, silver-gilt, Britannia silver, or Sheffield plate silver.
