File:Stamp 1942 France MiNr0167 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of French Oceania; 1942; definitive stamp of the so-called "London Issue" for the "Free France"; The stamp motive shows an ancient Double-Canoe under a Cross of Lorrain (= the sign of "France Libre"; German: "Lothringerkreuz" (it was also the sign for the "Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign")) in laying oval with different decorations and in different colors (according of the value level); mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 167; Yvert & Tellier: No. 155; Scott: No. 136
Color: sepia
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 5 C (Centimes)

Postage validity: from 1942
date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 38.0 x 23.0 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
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Author "PTT France" ("Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones du France") (1879-1991), definitive stamps as stamps using as naval units of "Free France" liberated the French Pacific Islands in 1942 (since 1888 status of a "colonie française" (1888-1964); since 1892 own stamps for "French Oceania"; from 1958 part of French-Polynesia with status of a "TOM" ("Territoire d'Outre-Mér"); since 2002 independent)
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Picture description Pacific ancient double-canoe
First day of issue
Publisher "PTT France" ("Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones du France") (1879-1991), definitive stamps as stamps using as naval units of "Free France" liberated the French Pacific Islands in 1942 (since 1888 status of a "colonie française" (1888-1964); since 1892 own stamps for "French Oceania"; from 1958 part of French-Polynesia with status of a "TOM" ("Territoire d'Outre-Mér"); since 2002 independent)
Design Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)
Printer "Harrison & Sons", London (United Kingdom)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14½ : 14
MICHEL Nr. Französisch-Ozeanien (FR-OC), Nr. 167
SCOTT Nr. French-Oceania (FR-OC), No. 136

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