CLASSIC STAMPS 1849 - 1876

PHILATELY :

• Jan. 1,1849 - How to collect the first French stamp

• 1849 - Bloc of 4, Ceres Vermilion tête-bêche
  

• 1853-1862 - French stamps from Republic to Empire
  
  
  
• 1862-70 - The laurel wreath of Napoleon III

• 1865-1874 - Post offices of "direction" and "distribution"

• 1871 - The mysterious useless overprint

• 1871 - The Green on Blue 5c stamp (Y&T #35 and Sc. #24)

• 1876 - Postal forgery of Oran

• 1851-80 Chronological markers: stamps of the French colonies
  
  
  
• 1873 - The scarred face of the goddess Ceres

TECHNIQUES :

• Printing techniques 
  

• Anatomy of classic French stamps