Algeria: Seaside #B33 / VFM / 1fr + 2fr French and Algerian soldiers

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Algeria: 1fr + 2fr French and Algerian soldiers
(1940 - Surtax to Assisit Families of Mobilized Men)

CONDITION: VF Mint Hinged

SPECIFICATIONS:
     Scott: Algeria #B33  Perforation: 12
     Seaside: Algeria #B33  Perforation: 12
     Perforated Edges: 4

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Flota Argentina de Navegacion de Ultramar

(Spanish) Argentine Overseas Fleet, handstamp used on ship covers.

Alderney

English Channel Island, Guernsey Dependency; 1958: Guernsey regional issues for franking of packages carried between the island and Guernsey, 1969: issued stamps for Alderney, 1983: first stamps; usually at the rate of one set per year, many local post items exist.

Boyaca

A department of Colombia.

1750-post: Spanish handstamps in use.
1834: forwarding agents cachets known.
1847:US Mail Despatch Agency used stamps of USA with red grid cancel.
1899: first provincial stamps.
1902-04: stamps of Colombia.

Fraser & Co.

1848-49; see Carriers' Stamps.

Brunakt violett

(Swedish) brownish-violet (color).

Mattrødfiolett

(Norwegian) pale red-violet, dull red-violet (color).

Postal charges

Toulouse-Paris messengers, in 1588, had to endorse on each wrapper amount paid or due, with charges shown in numerals in black or red ink.
overprint on stamps of Papua New Guinea as a surcharge to change it to a postage due stamp.

Reporte

(Spanish) transfer of the design of a stamp from the transfer roller to the printing plate

Postages Correos 5 cts

Puerto Rico; US dominion.

Gridiron cancellation

A early US cancel consisting of circles enclosing parallel lines. ^kgrid markings}.

Ring

Name given to band of seven stamp dealers accused of bid-rigging at stamp auctions in the US and Europe, 2001.

Rupee

Currency unit in many countries; Aden (to 1951); Afghanistan, Bahrain, British East Africa, British Indian Ocean territory, Burma, Ceylon, German East Africa, Indian Native States, Iraq (to 1908), Kuwait, Maldive Islands, Mauritius, Mesopotamia, Muscat, Nepal, Pakistan, Portuguese Timor, Seychelles, Somaliland Protectorate (to 1951); Tibet (to 1933); Zanzibar (to 1908).

Malteserkreuz

(German) Maltese cross.

Lathework

The engine turning design on the sheet margins and elsewhere, such as with some of Canada's Admiral series, prevented paper flutter which improved the quality of the stamp impression.

Teria

City in Egypt, Interpostal Seals used 1879-84. ^^10976.

Eschede, Joh.

stamp printer located in the Netherlands, founded in 1793, prints stamps for more than 60 countries.

Hercegovina

(Czech) Herzegovina.

Doreset Village Mail

United Kingdom strike local post, 1971.

Esoterica

any item, besides a cover, postcard or envelope, that has been cancelled on the First Day and doesn't fit any of the regular collecting categories.

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