COLONIES

·PHILATELIST JAB-I'll 194,'

Published bi-mon~bly by ~he France and Colonies Group Addres8 all communications to Dr.A.J.C.Vaurie,5 E.5, St.,Ne. Y~rk, N. Y. • * * AND DEPENDENCIES POSTMARKS & CANCELLATIONS by Donald D. Burgess 32

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2 Cancellat.ions for Army Correspondence and Corps Oachets 6 A NAPOLEONIC CURIOSITY KNOW YOUR fORGERIES By A. Landauer (54) In answer to many requests in the question­ One or the most in­ naires, we have decided to attempt a descrip­ teresting items to tion of the forgeries of the stamps of France come to hand in some and Colonies. 'e are doing this strictly as an time was secured by attempt to be of help and do not pretend for a the writer at the re­ moment to be an expert, hence we absolutely r~ cent Wilson sale in fuse to pass on any item Whatsoever. If you .This consists have any valuabls piece you want expsrtizedsend of 3 copies of the 100 it to an expert. Such a qualified expert deli­ and one 20c laureated vers a signed certificate and photograph and each trisected---some charges a fee for his servicee. 'II e are very fol'­ horizontally, some vertically----and tied to tunate to have among our members the most out­ pieces of covers with a circular cancellation standing expert on France and Colonies in the which reads BENEV ~ NT LIABBAYE - POSTES - 22 -. world, and will be h.ppy to put anyone in con­ The cancelling device was either cork or wood. tact with him who so desires. One theory as to the origin of these stamps In 1927 and 1929 Mr. rernand Serrane pub­ has it that the person responsible was strong­ lished his famous "Vade-Mecum du Specialiste ly opposed to the Emperor Napoleon III and he Expert." Mr.Serrane is now dead and his great showed his displeasure by removing his likeness work is unfortunately out of print.Most of the from the stamps which he used. However, we~e diagrams and information we will use is drawn indebted to Mr. Gilbert for the explanation from his work,as also the plan we will follow. that these were perpetrated by a postal clerk It is impossible to describe and illustrate who cut away the canc e lled portions of three forgeries of overprints and surcharges • They are stamps and pasted the hncancelled portions to­ far too many and even the originals show many gether on an envelope which he then canc~lled marked differences in types and settings. For (privately) very heavily with the canceller de­ a serious collector a thorough knowledge 1e es­ scribsd, thus hoping to eecape notice.All this sential of Bar~n de Vinck's great work "Colon­ just to save 10 centimes postage. iss Francaises et Bureaux a l'Etranger, Etude des Timbres Surcharges et des Emissions d'lm­ pression Locale de 1852 a 1919." We will first describe the General Issues for the Colonies as these stampe are the basic ones on which the early overprints and surchal'­ ges were applied.lt is hardly necessary to say that if the stamp itself is forged, the over­ print or surcharge is automatically ruled out. (Ed.Note: The illustrations in negntive and Then we will handle the individual colonies positive will show the canceller and the manner in reverse alphabetical order. in which the stamps were trisected --- in thie case a 3Oc. It should be noticed how well the FRENCH OOLONIES GENERAL ISSUES "c~ncellation" hid the freuds, which inciden­ 1859-65 EAGLE TYPE.As there are a number of tally d~ly went through the mails.) different forgeries it is important to bear in mind the characteristics of the originals as FREE FRENCH ISSUES illustrated. The outer ring of pearls numbers E WISSIO" or 19i8 289 0.02 289 112 and the inner 96. The St. Pierre & Miquelon-Thc. fon"w· 495 0.03 495 ing tahle reports completely on the F.N. 842 0.04 842 horizontal lines of shading 208 0.05 208 F.L. surcharged stamps, as furnished us 47,300 0.10 46,767 . ijj in the background number hy Fdlll()lId QUt»IfO)I, of New York, and 129 0.15, 129 '9.The left arm of the 'M" bl'ars the seal and signature of the St. 625 0.20 625 "6,482 0.25 36,337 lo·,i.; Pierre & ~lique1on post office department, 185 0.35 185 in "Empire" points between tll1

•.• that this is the last 'PHILATELIST"that you 1871-72 NAPOLEON TYPE. Be careful of the 5 will receive if this item is marked with a red centimes perforated of France of 1862 with per­ pencil-because you have not yet paid your dues forations cut off or with margins added,the im­ for 194,. perforated 50 of 185, has a very much finer 1m­ -1 doliar for non-residents, 2 for residents-- pression.There is a crude lithographed forgery 7 that has 4 small pearls in the corner ornaments instead of the star ornament and the lettering 1s too thin. The pink easay of the ~Oc has had [NJ the "~Oc· repainted and altered to an 180c." ~ i i E ------L ------1871-76 CERES TYPE. Since these stamps were ------printed on the same plates ~s those of France, ~~ itA C the characteristics ~[NJ k- of the originals and N I I :E+- F R ~______forgeries are alike ift - ~ i/A N C (see diagram) .Orig- F R ~ inalsl In lower left ------hand corner the wavy ~ ;)6- · ~·~ ~;~~~d o!oU!~ethDea~~= ----"'------Jh 4...... '::::...:::;, \\ - ne.r frame line form- -~ "" ...-~ _ ing ~ amall arce,the ---} ~t±%. """"!..1 +- dote are fine and ~ /.1 do not touch the ~ A~ BI ~ 'lines except in hea- "" JIIf ";".': ..... \ f vy worn printings. ~ "... ""») '!be inner frame line right arm, ropes on bundles and end of flag­ .....' .'.' .' .~J. ~ is broken directly staf r touching. 4 J ~ over the left nume- There is another eet of forgeries perforated ral "2!If the white 12 instead of l4xl~t in the originals. Other space between ver­ signs of these forgeries are: a contour line tical inner frame to the flag, hair covers entirely the f 1 a g­ line and Greek bor­ staff, the white line under "COLONIES" is sha­ der is continued it ded strongly ~nderneath and at right, there is leade to the center of a pearl. In the word only one line of shading on the right forearm, "FRANO" a faint white line joins thenC" to the etc ... bottom of the cartouche and a parasitic little . Bearm mind the characteristics of the for­ curve ie present at the lower part of ' the .head geries when coming to the surcharges of the in­ . of the "R.nIn the lines of shading of the neck div~dual colonies) if the stamp itself is a the third and fourth lines from the bottom are forgery, why bother about the surcharge? mads up of doubl e dots in the part n ear the hair. Notice also the drawing and shading of ths first hair lock. The essay of the 2 centi~es is on white pa­ per, but this essay has been tinted yellowi'sh and gummed and offered as a Oolonial.The essay of the 4c has also been passed as a Colonial. It has a scratch on the cheek Imm.long. The perforated stamps of France have had their per­ forations trimmed.There is also another for~ of the 4c in which the~E"of"REPUBnis too close to the other letters,its lower bar is too long and the middle bar too low, These two stamps were only in use in Cochinchina and should have a Salgon cancellation, but there are also fake cancellations. In the case of these two high priced stamps, as in the caee of all othe..!""y'!"!:y' rare ancL!.!.luable st~£! it is alwa:LL~~~tez:.:!:«;!_ ~ ,, ~!'.e~_to h~!.~ th~_!.xp'erti~.9. __1!!!.!!_ to~e so rry later on.

1877-80 SAGE TYPE. (Scott's psace and Com­ merce type). Some of the Sage type stamps of l892-l900-l9l~ GROUPE TYPE. (Individual issue France exist iDperforate and can be mistaken for each of the Colonies~ The whole set was for unused colonials, the same applies to the counterfeited by Fournier. They were issuea in Granet reprints, the shades however differ.The sheets of 30, each tablet having a different dangerous stamp of this set is the 25 black on name, with the exception of stamps 29 and ~O red. ~his stamp was onl y used in Ste. Marie, which have both Soudan Francais.The surcharge s Nossi-Be, Mayotte, New Caledonia and Tahiti(?~ of 1912 have also been forged on these in­ !!~rtize.There exists a forgery of this stamp cluding normal inverted and wide spacings.Many with forged papeete (Tahiti) cancellation,this forged cancellations. forgery is slightly narrower.The French stamps See diagram for some discrepancies shown by with unreadable cancellations and perforations arrows: such as the lack of the fingers in cut off or margins added ar~ often passed off the hand, the shading and lack of umbilicus on as colonials. the body of Mercury, and differences in the leaf and fruit design in the horn of plenty. 1881-86 DUBOIS TYPE.(Scott's Oommerce type). (To be continued) The whole set was forged by Fournier. See dia­ gram for a few characteristic signs -- (arrows point to discrepancies in the forgeries) - the See STAMPS Magazine of January 16, 1943 for lines behind the hair, white bar under "COLO­ an excellent article onnThe Square Postage Due NIES,- lower left corner frame, final nE- of Stamps of France" by our own Raoul Lesgor. IREPUBLIQUE," shading of the right forearm,the hair projecting over flagstaff, ornament 0 n NEW OALEDONIA AND DEPENDENOIES ~ !.! Offhe !u.!.!. l!..!! (Oon~inued froa front page) Por~-Bouque~...... L Port-de-Pranc...... A In listing and picturing the cancellationa Por~-L~gu.rre •••••••• of New Oaledonia I haTe drawn heaTily on the Pouebo ••••••••••••••• L information contained in Langloi. &. Bour.elet'. fou •• bout ••••• .••••••• J L ·Le. Obliteration. de. Bureaux de Po.·te de. Pou•••••••••••••••••• L Oolonie. Prangai ••• • ina.much a. my collection Pone r1 houen •••••••••• D L haa not progre~.ed to the point where it ca~ be Pounerihouen ••••••••• R L con.ide~6d a baaia for atudy. Poya •••••••• ' ••••••••• L The fir.t cachet was a lozenge of 64 fine .ProD7· ••••••••••••••• B L pointa (8x8) measuring 14 mm.on each aide.Next St .. V1noent •••••••••• waa the large circular Port de Pranoe(now Nou­ Sa'l: rail e•••..•...•...• mea) with the othera following pretty much in La 'l'-a.oa ••••••••••••• chronological order a ••hown here. L~ Toh~Jlba ••••••••••• The tabla herewith i. taken from -Les Obli­ Te oud1 ••••••••••••••• L teration.· with auch addition. a. I haTe beeD T'remba •• ~ ••••••••••• able to make from my own finding •• Thlo ...... B L While awaiting the arrival of their cachet, T1 are •••••••••••••••• newly created bureaua uaed typea Band H carry­ Tomo ••• :.; ••••••••••• J L ing at the top the name of the oolony with the Tonghoue ••••••••••••• bottom remaining blank. Yate, and poa.ibly •••••••••••••••• B I: L othera, added the office name in manuscript.-­ Uaral •••••.•••••••••• (See Figure 1) Vallee dee Oolone •••• ° P The correspondenoe of military forces .ta­ •••••• ~ .•- ...... B L tioned on the i.land wa.(and ia)cancelled with Ya te...... L one of these two cachets: (Figs. 2 and ,) (Po.sible offices--Negropd, Nouville, Parino) A coastwise packet-boat .erve. different (1) The first type L carriee a~ the, bottom port. on the east and. west coast, using the "Uea Loyalty"ins·tead of wRlle Caledon1e w, cancellation shown in Fig. 4. The canceller the .eoond type 'L carrieliwNlle Oaledonie." exi.ts. with Cote Oues't,Cote E.t &. Oote (Blanlr). (2) Type H carries at the bottom ·Ile Yare.·

~ 2! Office !I..l!.!!. U.e c! There ' is a Tery ~ommon aub-type of type L , Aralia. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • )( carrying "Nelle" in.tead of INlle." I haTe no­ Balade. • • • • • • • • • • •• • • p ted it in: Bouloupari, Bou~ail, , Xaa~~­ Boghen •••••• " ••••••• Gomen, Koumao, La Poa, Mare, , Rehoue, Boulouparla ••• ,_ ••••• H N~umea, Ouaco,Paagoumene, ,, Poya Bouloupari ••••••••• " L and Voh.lt undoubtedly exi.t. wother offioea. Bourail •••••••••••••• BCFHL Canala ••••.•• • ••••••• B 0 L (This concludes Mr. Burge •• 1 aeriea of ar­ Kanala •.••••••••.•..•• F ticle. on New Caledonia and Dependencies.) Ooetemp~e •••••••••••• H La Ooulee •••••••••••• B Diahot ••••.•••••••••• o Dumbea ••••••••••••••• B 0 H At the Deoember meeting Yr. Rober~ G. StoDe La 'oa ••••.•••• . .•••• B D L (61)show.d and diacussed the poatal lIses,post­ Gomen •••••••••••••••• B L aarks and oanoellations of the Prench Colonl •• Houallou ••••••••••••• B L in America. Yr.Ston. ia an outatanding s~udeDt in this field aDd he amply demonstrated ~hat Oua~lou ••••••.••••••• P thia is the moat rewarding and fascina~ing way Hyenghene •••••••••••• A H1enghene •••••••••••• of collectlng. Let eTeryone remember the work L of Langloia and Bourselet and carry it ont Ile des ,Pins ••••••••• B 0 L lIe Ouvea ••••••.••••• , H Kaal a-Gomen •••••••••• L At the ~uary meeting, Dr.A.J.C.Vaurie(17) Kone ••••••••••••••••• B H L gave an illustrated talk on the Bordeaux i.~. •••••••••••••• H Despite the somewhat technical aspect of the ••••••••••••••• L talk it waa well received by the larges~ at­ Litou (1) •••••••••••• E 'L L tendance of the eeason. Yare (1) (2) ...... D H L L '" '" Uolndou •••••••••••••• E J L Mon'o ••••••••.••••••• NEVV MEMBERS Welcome to our new members I Mueo ••••••••••••••••• D J L Nak~t~ •••••••••••••• ~ L l21.-URTON ,Roy N .-81511- Nor~h Te jon St. ,Colorado Nehoue ••••••.••••• . •• L Springa,Oolo.(early iB~ueB of P.,all Col., Nepoul ••••••••••••••• H both U.only,specializes ln cancellatiops, Noumea ••••••••••••••• A B G I K L intlerestsd in Exch. and co'rre.pondence) II N 0 122-HElMAN,Irwin - 2 West 46 St., New Yo-rk.,NT. Noumea, Affranch •••• ~ P 12,-MINKUS,J.S. - Stamp Dept.,Gimbel Bro •• , "rd Noumea P. P ••••••••• Q St.and Broadway, New York, N. Y. Ou~o •••••••••••••••• L 124-TURNER,George T.-~7 King St.,New Tork,N.Y. ou~atche •••••••••• , •• B L 125-0HLMAN,Max - 116 Nassau St,.,New York, N.Y. Ouegoa.~ •.••••••••••• B l26-BOETTGER,Oar l T.-17,-" 106 Ave.,Jamaica, paagou~ene ••••••••••• L N.y.(P.&. Balloona,-alBo Algeria,~unis,and Pagoumene •••••••••••• L Syria, Lebanon, Morocco) Pa~ta. - •••••••••.••••• B L Pam •••••••••••••••••• B '" CHANGE OP ADDRESS • Plum • • ••••••••••••••• J L Poindimie •••••••••••• L MEYER,0.E.(l14) to Box 5, Caldwell, N. J. Pont dee Frangai s • • •• LANDAUER,A.( 5 4) to 41 Union Square , N. Y.C.