File:FRA KT 1937 MiNrB0129 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of French Indochina; 1937; definitive stamp of the issue "Indigenous motifs"; stamp motive with the drawing of a junk (French; "Jonque") inside of a decorated frame; stamp with overprint "KOUANG TCHÈOU" (meant is "Kwang Chow", French official: "Territoire Kouang Tchéou-Wan"); Stamps with such overprint were postal valid only in or from the French Naval Base of Kouang Tchéou-Wan.; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. B129 (= No. 150 from 1931 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 97 (= No. 150 from 1931 with overprint); Scott: No. 99 (= No. 143 from 1931 with overprint)
Color: greenish blue
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1/10 Cent. (Centimes)
Postage validity: from 1937 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp without perforation line): 20.5 x 16.5 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "L'Administration des Postes" for the colonies of the "Troisième Republique" of France
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  • A map of the "Territoire Kouang Tchéou-Wan" from 1909
    A map of the "Territoire Kouang Tchéou-Wan" from 1909
Picture description Junk
First day of issue
Publisher "L'Administration des Postes" for the colonies of the "Troisième Republique" of France
Design Nguyen Huy-Dau (design)

G. Daussy (engraver)

Printer "Helio Vaugirard", Paris
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13½ : 13
MICHEL Nr. Französisch Indochina - Kouang-Tcheou, No. B129
SCOTT Nr. French Indochina - Kwang-chow, No. 99

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