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FRANCE - STRIKE STAMPS. Collection of four travelled letters…
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284
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FRANCE - STRIKE STAMPS. Collection of four travelled letters…
See original version (French)
Estimate
€35
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - STRIKE STAMPS.
Collection of four travelled letters GREVES POSTALES of 1974, forwarded by the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of TOURS and INDRE & LOIRE: *
- date stamp of 8 November mechanical imprint T 5105 (sender P.O. Box 105 37018 Tours Cédex) + acceptance stamp of the Chamber of Commerce.
- Envelope on SKF letterhead (St Cyr s/Loire ball bearing factory) - postage 0.80 F red crest, CAD Tours station 20/11 + Ch Commerce stamp.
- Envelope on the letterhead of the Leriverend hardware store, place du Gd Marché in Tours for Loiseau place Michelet - Postage 0.80 red Béquet, CAD 20/11 + acceptance stamp Chamber of Commerce Tours.
20/11 - stamp red Béquet 0,80 F + stamp Chamber of Commerce Tours.
* These total postal strikes took place from 17 October to 2 December.
On 17/10, during a general meeting of the C.G.T / C.F.D.T. at the PLM postal sorting centre at Gare de Lyon in Paris, an incident led to an indefinite work stoppage. Most of the sorting centres then blocked the flow of mail between Paris and the rest of France. Three million 101,826 strike days were officially recorded by the Post Office. To "limit the damage", the Chambers of Commerce, as they had done in 1909, 1953 and 1968, set up a Chamber-to-chamber routing system so that business mail and invoices could circulate... Only Chamber members could use this service.
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ID: 87494102
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