22 different official seal types are known from France. The first twenty are all simple boxed designs with the wording "POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES" or a similar variation inside, the later two are tapes inscribed with the words "LA POSTE."
Date issued: 1898-1917
Printing: Black on glassine
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES / (Art. 483 de l'Instruction générale.)"
Control Number: none
Description: Registered 1908 cover from Mexico to Paris, France reclosed at top with third type of French Post and Telegraph seals. Date issued: 1928, EKU January 30, 1930
Printing: Black on glassine
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES, / (Art. 26, iv° fasc. de l'Instruction générale.)"
Control Number: "No. 509" on left side
Description: 1932 cover from Ch'in-huang-tao, China to Paris, France reclosed along three sides using French officially sealed labels of the firth type. "No. 509" is found only on left margin position seals.
Courtesy of Jim Kotanchik by permission. Updated November 11, 2007
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