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I have a couple of these France Scott # 1293 that have verical bar tagging.
Then I have another one that is not tagged. The Scott 2010 catalog does not list tagging or no tagging. AFter the listings for #s 1292-1294B, there is a note to see #s 1494-1498. After # 1496 there is a note that #s 1494 and 1496 were issued untagged in 1977, but 1494 is for 80c green typo Marianne, and 1496 is 1 fr. Nothing about a 50c. Am I missing something?
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Dave N.
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I take it we are talking about "Marianne de Bequet"?
According to the Gibbons "France Specialised" the 50c Cerise was issued on 2 January 1971 without phosphor and with 3 phosphor bands on 4 January 1971. Previous issues appeared with phosphor bans from 1970 onwards, (and other values of this set in 1974 and 1976).
A note in SG says that phosphors bands were issued on an experimental basis in March 1970 in Clermont - Ferrand, this being used to seperate "First- class" and reduced rate mailstreams.
Most countries introducing u/v operated mail sorting do this in phases, and stamps with the tagging are only issued to the areas with the machines, although sometimes new issues have the whole printing tagged.
In the SG the 50c is catalogued the same tagged or untagged at minimum price, so it can be assumed that both versions were printed in huge numbers. Some the other values show a large diffential so it can be assumed that the ratio of tagged/untagged or vice versa can be considerable.
Welcome to the world of catalogue-blindness ! No catalogue has the optimum listing for all issues. To study France you really needs Dallay,or at a pinch Michel ( which is German),but Gibbons is better than Scott. Don't worry - there are people here with access to most of them. Just posting the question has got you the reply ! Most of us are happy to help ( and love to show off our knowledge - sad as we are !!)
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I have a couple of these France Scott # 1293 that have verical bar tagging.
Then I have another one that is not tagged. The Scott 2010 catalog does not list tagging or no tagging. AFter the listings for #s 1292-1294B, there is a note to see #s 1494-1498. After # 1496 there is a note that #s 1494 and 1496 were issued untagged in 1977, but 1494 is for 80c green typo Marianne, and 1496 is 1 fr. Nothing about a 50c. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance....
Dave N.
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10:29:25am
re: French 1971-1974 Marianne 50c (Scott 1293) tagging
I take it we are talking about "Marianne de Bequet"?
According to the Gibbons "France Specialised" the 50c Cerise was issued on 2 January 1971 without phosphor and with 3 phosphor bands on 4 January 1971. Previous issues appeared with phosphor bans from 1970 onwards, (and other values of this set in 1974 and 1976).
A note in SG says that phosphors bands were issued on an experimental basis in March 1970 in Clermont - Ferrand, this being used to seperate "First- class" and reduced rate mailstreams.
Most countries introducing u/v operated mail sorting do this in phases, and stamps with the tagging are only issued to the areas with the machines, although sometimes new issues have the whole printing tagged.
In the SG the 50c is catalogued the same tagged or untagged at minimum price, so it can be assumed that both versions were printed in huge numbers. Some the other values show a large diffential so it can be assumed that the ratio of tagged/untagged or vice versa can be considerable.
Welcome to the world of catalogue-blindness ! No catalogue has the optimum listing for all issues. To study France you really needs Dallay,or at a pinch Michel ( which is German),but Gibbons is better than Scott. Don't worry - there are people here with access to most of them. Just posting the question has got you the reply ! Most of us are happy to help ( and love to show off our knowledge - sad as we are !!)
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