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PHILATELIC SOCIETIES for Specialist Collectors of France

France and Colonies Philatelic Society of Great Britain (UK)
The Society provides an extensive programme of meetings in several locations, holds an annual Philatelic Weekend, publishes a well regarded and authoritative Journal and series of monographs, and operates two thriving exchange packets and an Auction. It is a friendly and informal group to which new members are always made most welcome.

THE FRANCE & COLONIES PHILATELIC SOCIETY (USA)


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Service Philatélique de La Poste
28, rue de la Redoute
92266 Fontenay-aux-Roses cedex, France

Tel :  +33 1418742 00
Fax :  +33 1418742 42
 

French Stamp Agency in North America

 
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Selected Philatelic Pages about French Stamps

The Pigeon Post into Paris 1870-1871

by J.D. Hayhurst O.B.E

THE PIGEON POST INTO PARIS 1870-1871

The Pneumatic Post of Paris
by J.D. Hayhurst O.B.E

Maury Newspaper Wrapper

CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY IN FRANCE

The French postal history page
by Thomas Berger

Internal rates in France during the first Sage period 
by Thomas Berger

Use of the 25c. Sage ultramarine and blue
by Thomas Berger

The "Small Figures" and the "Big Figures " in northern France between 1852 and 1876
by Emmanuel LEBECQUE

Dieproofs and Essays
by Giorgio Leccese
A detailed study of French, Colonial, Andorra and Monaco proofs and essays

Postal History of Northern France (Nord)
by Emmanuel LEBECQUE

The German fieldpost in the District of Valenciennes 1914-1918
by Emmanuel LEBECQUE

French Cancellation Sampler
by "Napoleon"

Variations a la Française
by "Napoleon"

Twentieth Century - but Limited
by "Napoleon"

 French Stamps designed by Czeslaw Slania

France SG375, 1917/19 War Orphans

BOOKS about French Philately and Postal History

The Flight of the Ville D'Orleans
by Ernst M. Cohn, 1970, 48pp
Perhaps the most fascinating flight from the 1870 Siege of Paris

Free French Censorship in the Levant
by D. M. Zimmerman Jr, 1980, 89pp
Details of the handstamps, markings and printed tapes

French Islands
by O. W. Newport and J. T. Whitney, 1981, 94pp
Postal markings of Chausey, Mont Saint-Michel, Bréhat, Ushant (Ouessant), Belle Isle, Ile de Ré and Ile d'Oléron
The Merson Type
by Dr. Jean Storch and Robert Françon
, published by the RPS, bilingual text, 1990, 198pp
A study on the adhesive stamps, proofs, essays, forgeries and postal history.

Military and Postal History of the Revolutionary Armies in the West of  France 1791-1802
by Stanley J. Luft, published by Envision Monographs, 1993, 113pp

The Pigeon Post in Paris 1870 - 1871
by J. D. Hayhurst, 1970, 48pp

The Cancellations on French Stamp of the Classic Issues 1849-1876
by Lesgor and Minnigerode, 1948, 136 pages

The type Sage issue of France 1876 - 1900
by P.R.A. Kelly, pub by Society of Postal Historians, 2000
A study of the postmarks and postal history.


The Siege of Paris Septenber 1870 - January 1871 Par Ballon Mounte
by R. R. Thompson 1975, 322 pages, numbered edition of 525

Fakes and Forgeries of 20th Century French Postage Stamps
by R. G. Gethin, 2006, 148 pp
A detailed study from the 1914 Red Cross Surtax to 1997.

The postal history of the commune revolution, Paris 1871
by G Brown, 1992.

Table of French Postal Rates 1849 to 2005
by Derek Richardson, 2006, 3rd edition, 96 pp

France SG400e, 1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Congress


Bibliography - France - Stamps & Postal History
Literature
by Thomas Berger

France SG 554, 1936 South America Flight