The French monarchy was overthrown in the French Revolution
of 1789 with the First Republic declared in 1792. The country was occupied
by Germany 1940-1944 with the pro-German government at Vichy.
France has 6 overseas departments and 4 overseas territories
(- see also: Territories below).
Postage stamps have been issued since 1849.
Service National des Timbres-poste et de la Philatalie
Service d'Ingenierie et de Vente des Timbresposte et des
Produits Philateliques
111 Boulevard Brune
75675 Paris Cedex 14, France
France French Overseas Territories
Direction de l'Office des postes et télécommunications
Division Poste et Services financiers
Mlle Cécile Bonnet
Responsable commerciale
«Le Waruna»
2, rue Monchovet
98841 NOUMEA CEDEX
NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE
Téléphone (+687) 26 82 52
Téléfax (+687) 26 44 70
International Customer Service
- UPU Data
and: email: information@laposte.fr
Service Philatelique de la Poste
18 Rue Francois-Bonvin
75758 Paris Cedex 15, France
Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Independence: 486 (unified by Clovis)
Stamp Issuing Dependent areas of France:
(see 'Territories' below)
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
New Caledonia
Wallis and Futuna
note: the US does not recognize some French claims to Antarctica
France to 1996; specialized: Fictifs, GC Paper Varieties, Instruction-Annule/Specimen, Liberation (WWII), Millesimes, Palissy, Parcel Post, Precancels through 1951, Telegraph, Telephone, Timbres de Franchise - Russian Corps, French Offices, Reunion.
AND French: Colonies, Congo, Eq. Africa, Guiana, Guinea, India, Morocco, Polynesia, SAT, Sudan, West Africa.
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
was: http://www.west.net/~stamps1/apsmisc/wpid.html - nolonger available here
France catalog to 5/89 - APS's WPID data is in ASCII comma delimited format
...The data can be imported into a database program such as Access,
Approach, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox etc. Also the data has not been updated in a number of years - others are needed to continue this task.
ftp sites for the WPID data: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/mail/stamps/wpid/
ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/
co-ordinator J. M. Myerson (71054.546@compuserve.com.)
or e-mail: lmevans@rain.org
- 'Introduction on the collection of cancellations'
"How to collect cancellations on old stamps done by G. Maggay
a french stamp enthusiast this site is full of useful informations
upon different types of cancellations on old french stamps. It also
provides a general introduction in how to collect cancellations.
If you are in postal history go and have a look. You will like it.
French and english." (from a review)
"For my part, I have chose to collect cancellations you will find
on the traditional stamps of France. France emitted since 1849,
date of the first stamp, more than 3,000 different stamps . ...
Fortunately, to approach this type of collection, it is not
necessary to have an important budget; however, a good amount of
patience is necessary because the stamps with beautiful
cancellations are hard to find.
On this site, you will find some consultings to begin your
collection than, while surfant, you will discover the principal
postal marks and cancellations used. Good wave! " -
email: gmaggay@vtx.ch
In French and English; a great site! Features images of every stamp
and cancellation of the early period. ; also available on CD-Rom - aj.
From the founder, Toussaint Coppolani,
"Coppoweb vous permetd de dialoguer dans un espace convivial pour
echanger vos timbres de France et colonies francaises"
Very informative biographies of artists and engravers which have
recently worked for the French Post Office. Very useful for the collector
of Die (Artist's) Proofs. Listing of engravers such as BEQUET, DURRENS,
JUMELET etc. This site is bilingual with your choice of English or French.
The Lost
Thomas Berger's 'French postal history'
This webpage is (or was) dedicated to French postal history and will consist of two parts. The first (and existing) one contains useful informations for everybody interested in French postal history. The Literature section will give you a list of monographs, journals and catalogues while the Links section lists the existing online informations dealing with French postal history. In the Addresses sections you will get all the addresses of auction houses, dealers, experts, societies, and postal museums which are relevant for our hobby. The dates of the stamp shows are given here. The second part (which is under construction) will present you topics I'm interested in. The Questions section will include the possibility to ask the internet community for informations.
from Thomas Berger: TBBerger@gmx.net
the URL was: http://www.datacomm.ch/t.berger/FPHindex.htm - now '404'
- any help?? has it noved?
was 'Another superb French site - aj.'
J.D. Hayhurst O.B.E. 1919-1986 - Philatelist and Postal Historian
the URL was: http://www.ftech.net/~winlink/jdhayhurst/ - now '404' - any help??
These pages are (were) in memory of my father, John Hayhurst.
During his life he was a passionate historian with a particular interest
in philately and postal history. A keen francophile, he specialised in
French postal history and published a couple of short books, the texts of
which are (or were) available below.
The Pigeon Post into Paris 1870-1871
A detailed account of the use of carrier pigeons during the siege of Paris.
The Pneumatic Post of Paris
Describes the development of the Parisian Pneumatic Postal System from 1866.
from: The Secretary of State for Industy - France
THE POSTAL SECTOR IN FRANCE
CONTENTS:
Definition
. News
. News from previous months
. Regulations and economic situation
. Philatelic programme
. Players and representatives
. Reference documents, publications and studies
The postal sector covers all activity which relates to the sending of
physical messages and individual objects of a weight inferior or equal to
30 kilograms. To be more precise, this includes:
The preparation of the message or the object to be transported
(mail shots, processing of mixed mail, routing...)
The actual transport of the message or of the object to the addressee (collection, sorting, transport, delivery...)
The set of connected services (management of address bases, stock
control, registered delivery...)
FRANCE
Correspondence:
Direction des Affaires Européennes et Internationales
La Poste - Case postale A 801
92777 Boulogne-Billancourt cédex
France
Mr Edouard Dayan
Director of European and International Affairs
Tel: +33.1.41417935
Fax: +33.1.41417942
cites EUROPA Stamps <-------------*
Represented in MB by: Mr Don Jacques Luciani
Language of correspondence: French
Web Site: http://www.laposte.fr/
email: information@laposte.fr - 2/99
Territories
France has 6 overseas
departments:
Guadeloupe (1884-1947)
Martinique (1886-1947)
French Guiana (1886-1947)
Reunion (1852-1975)
St. Pierre and Miquelon (1885- )
Mayotte (1892-1912 )
The 4 overseas territories:
New Caledonia (1859- )
French Polynesia (1892- )
Wallis and Futuna (1920- )
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (1955- )
note: the US does not recognize French claims to portions of the
Antarctica.
and (they keep changing things ; look under postal authority above)
you get: LISTE DES POINTS PHILATELIE
BUREAUX DE POSTE POINT-PHILATELIE
210 bureaux de poste spécialisés, en France : au moins un par
département, au chef-lieu - 210 post office addresses provided:
GUADELOUPE
P.P de BASSE TERRE RP
97109 BASSE TERRE CEDEX
P.P de POINTE A PITRE PRINCIPAL
Boulevard Hann
97159 POINTE A PITRE CEDEX
P.P de ST BARTHELEMY
97133 ST BARTHELEMY
First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal
settlements until 1951. The European Space Agency launches its communication satellites from
Kourou.
An Overseas Department of France. Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname.
GUYANE
= from La Poste's LISTE DES POINTS PHILATELIE
BUREAUX DE POSTE POINT-PHILATELIE
210 bureaux de poste spécialisés, en France : "au moins un par département,
au chef-lieu 210 post office addresses" provided:
GUYANE
P.P de CAYENNE RP
97308 CAYENNE CEDEX
Martinique issued stamps from 1896-1947. Now uses France's postage. aj.
Free album pages? - This site is like shareware: all the countries you can eat for $5 (requested; not demanded)
... ceded to France along with the other Comoros in 1843. It was the
only island in the archipelago that voted in 1974 to retain its link with
France and forgo independence.
A Territorial Collectivity of France. Location: Southern Africa, island
in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique
Disputes Iinternational: claimed by Comoros
Reunion issued stam from 1852-1975. Now uses France's postage. aj.
Free album pages? - This site is like shareware: all the countries you can eat for $5 (requested; not demanded)
..From the 17th to the 19th
centuries, French immigration supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and Malabar
Indians gave the island its ethnic mix. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cost the island its
importance as a stopover on the East Indies trade route.
A Overseas Dept. of France. Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
These two small groups of islands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon were
claimed and settled by the French. A former French Colony, they are now
a Department of France. The first postage stamps for Saint Pierre and
Miquelon were issued in 1885.
Bureau Philatelique de L'Archipel
Box 4323
F-97500 Saint Pierre
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
French Overseas Territory that includes Loyalty Islands, Isle of Pines, Huon Islands and Chesterfield Islands. Postage stamps have been issued from 1859.
Service Philatelique Noumea
98 802 Noumea
Cedex, New Caledonia
Overseas territory of France since 1946. Location: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia
National holiday: National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
A Overseas Territory of France. Location: south of Africa, islands in
the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica,
and Australia.
note: French Southern and Antarctic Lands includes Ile Amsterdam,
Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian
Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land";
the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"
A overseas territory of France since 1955; administered from Paris by a
high commissioner of the Republic
Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: there were 101 (1997) mostly
researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January)
Stamp-issuing status: inactive; Population: 210,000 (1914). The capital
of Lebanon. Prior to World War I, a number of European nations maintained
their own postal systems in Beirut. The Russian post office used stamps
of the Russian Levant overprinted "Beyrouth" after 1909. In January
1905, the French authorities overprinted a contemporary French Offices
in Turkey stamp for provisional use in Beirut. In July 1906, a similar
provisional was used by the British authorities in Beirut. Both are scarce.
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