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58 - LIBRARY – “OVERPRINTED STAMPS” ( * ) in France, the colonies…
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Estimate €15
Description
LIBRARY – “OVERPRINTED STAMPS” ( * ) in France, the colonies and international service – “HISTORY - PHILATELY 1879–1935” by Marcel CHARLET, 1936 – An 18-page booklet with a softback cover. ( * ) classified by Yvert under the heading “tax stamps”. This category of special tax stamps for collection services was abolished and withdrawn from circulation on 1 December 1935. These stamps were used to pay for the services of the postal administration, which was entrusted with the collection of commercial payments under the Act of 7 April 1879.
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