Algeria - Newspaper Wrappers The first newspaper wrappers issued by Algeria were in 1924 by overprinting French newspaper wrappers with ALGÉRIE, prior to this French newspaper were used and these precursors be identified by the postmark. 1c French newspaper wrapper used in  1890  from Oran Karguentah 1c French newspaper wrapper used in 1908 from Philippeville in Algeria The date code on this wrapper is 637 2c French newspaper wrapper used in 1908 from Constantine in Algeria The date code on this wrapper is 804 3c French newspaper wrapper used in 1922 from Philippeville in Algeria The date code on this wrapper is 106 In 1924 French newspaper wrappers were overprinted ALGÉRIE, the normal size of these wrappers is 320mm x 55mm. The 1c is found on wrappers with date codes 410, 509 and 548           The 2c wrapper is found with date codes 410, 452 and 548 2 varieties above show on the left one a large shift in the overprinting, while on the right one there is an "S" printed on the right edge on a wrapper with date code 410 The 5c orange is found with date codes 414 and 414 reversed   The 5c green is found with no date code, codes 436, 506 and 536 The copy above shows the overprint shifted some 5mm to the right In 1927 two new newspaper wrappers were produced for use in Algeria a 1c dark olive and a 2c brown violet. I have specimens of both wrappers with a CTO postmark of 10 April 1927 - was this the first day of issue? The 1c is found with no date code, code 515 reversed, code 643 reversed and code 644     The 2c is found with no date code, code 507, code 642 and code 643 reversed A spectacular "paper fold" variety of the 1927 Algeria 2c brown violet (with no date code) These two wrappers are addressed to the same recipient and from the handwriting appear to have been sent by the same sender. The top one is postmarked Mostaganem 20.05.30 and has no date code. The bottom one (with date code 642) has a Tunisia stamp added, the date of the postmark is 20.06.35, but I cannot identify the place name. My guess is that this wrapper was actually posted somewhere in Tunisia. In 1928 a 10c value was issued with the same design as the 1927 values It was produced without date code and date code 744.     In 1937/1938 three new values with a new design as above were produced, a 15c, 20c and 25c In 1940 the 20c wrapper was handstamped with 0f10 using wrappers with date code 745 This item was posted in Oran, Algeria on 31 Jan 1942 using a 1940 issue, 0f10 on 20c wrapper, addressed to someone serving in the Army, it attracted postage due in Morroco, postmark  MEKNES - VILLE NOUVELLE MAROC on 14 Feb 1942. There is also a QW handstamp - perhaps someone knows what this is? In 1943 the 1940 wrappers were additionally handstamped 0F30 There are variations in the shades due to the fact that different scanners have been used. This is a work in progress. If you have any comments or additional information please contact me on jpkos@aol.com Jan Kosniowski 2007