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FRANCE AND HER COLONIES

FRANCE at present looms large in

with A wide philatelic news variety of unusually interesting and attractive stamps. Of the new ad- hesives, those we like best are pre- sentations of the impressive towers. and palaces for which France is so justly famous. It is not easy to convey on a tiny stamp design an adequate impression of grandeur, but these stamps do accomplish that dif- ficult feat.

An admirable reproduction of the palace of Versailles, presented on the. new 1Fr. plus 75c. "value makes it quite easy to understand why the last kings of France so loved this royal residence. The view of the palace shown on the stamp is taken from the town side and pictures the on- trance to the great court, which is enclosed by a gilded iron fence. The stamp is printed in blue.

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The Palace of Versailles is one of the most magnificent edifices in the world. It is said that Louis XIV spent over one hundred million gold dollars on the building and its sur- rounding gardens.

-Versailles played a most important part in the French revolution. Louis.

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XVI and Marie Antoinette spent most of their time here, with no thought save for the carefree, luxu- rious life they led. The indifferent sufferings of attitude toward the

their subjects enraged the people of Paris, who, in 1789, marched on Ver- sailles and compelled the king, and queen to return to Paris with them. Thus began the imprisonment that was to end at the guillotine for the royal couple.

The palace is most famous in mo-. dern times as the place where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. In the Hall of Mirrors, in 1919, the series of agreements was drawn up and signed summing up the conclu- sions and penalties growing out of the World War.

The tower of Vincennes is another French historic landmark to appear On an upright on a current stamp. adhesive' of 10 Fr. denomination ap- pears the imposing tower with its forbidding gate and walls. The cele- brated castle of Vincennes was begun by Louis VII in 1164, and has fre- quently been rebuilt. In the reign of Louis XI it was used as a state prison, and subsequently served as a place of incarceration for such dis- tinguished persons as Henry of Na- varre, the great Conde, and Mirabeau.

The, ancient walls and buildings of the Port of St. Malo are featured on

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Pic- an island of Western France. tured on the stamp we see the old buildings of the water-front, dominat- ed by the spire of the cathedral, a building begun in the 12th century, but since rebuilt. Among the ships in the harbour which we see on the stamp, may be some going to the Newfoundland cod fisheries, for it is at this port that the fishing fleet is equipped.

Also announced is a contemplated adhesive to picture a proposed monu- ment in honour of the Army Medical Corps. This stamp will have a value of 55c. and a surtax of 45c., the pro- ceeds of which will be used to erect the monument.

FRENCH COLONIALS

Dahomey has also changed its 36c. stamp to light and dark green and adae to its roster a poc. in green and brown' and an 800. in 'rust and blue. The basic acsign' used was ad of the current' gerius, picturing a na- tive cumbing an oil paim. '

from-the Similar changes come Fronen Soudan, where type Aʊ, show- ing the gateway to an AIrican city, has been increased by threeva.des, Bbc., light and dark green; bbc., pine and crimson; Buc., magenta, and -brown..

Keunion adds the same three new values in the A28 design, which-pic- tures Watertowi Lake and Anchain Peak, The colours are: soc., green; boc., orange prown and buc., winck” The 1r. of the same design nas had a colour change tram green to red, and the 1.75.in A24 type 18 now A dark blue. The latter type shows. Leon herx Museum.

The only colony producing a new design to accompany these changes is Senegal. Here the new stamps a show a native woman carrying

The new large bowl on her head, values and colours are 85c., green; 55c., brown and 80c., purple. Changes in colour have also deen made on old denominations in the new. design. These are: 1Fr., red-brown and ler. 75, powder blue.

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IN THE OFFING OR the first time in its philatelic of history, the French colony Algeria is planning to release por- trait stamps. The adhesives of this colony heretofore have all been de- voted to the interesting scenery and architecture of northern Africa. Now it is proposed to issue one set devot- ed to artists and another honouring explorers. The artistic division will be a semi-postal issue on behalf of the Algerian Federation of intellec- tual Workers and will portray Theo- dore Chasseriau, Eugene Fromentin

THE French colonies in Africa have quite an ambitious stamp pro- gramme in preparation. values have monetary

already brought about the 'release of several stamps in new denominations as well as numerous changes in colour.

· From Cameroons have come new values and one change in colour, all in the A6 design of the 1925 series. This is the stamp showing rubber trees being tapped. The ad- ditions are a 55c. value in blue and red, and an 80c. stamp in red and brown. The 35c. denomination now printed in dark and light green..and Gustave-Achille Guillaumet, ail

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of whom transferred the beauties of the Sahara region to canvas.

The famous African explorer, Rene Caille, will be honoured on a special stamp issued to mark the centenary. of his death. He was born in 1799 and died in 1838: He is reputed to be the first European to follow the Niger River to the heart of French West Africa.

Also portrayed on this set will be Father Charles. Foucauld. (1853- did -con- 1916), a missionary who siderable exploring in Africa, Henry Duveyrier (1840-1892), another Afri- can explorer, and Marie Joseph Fran- cois Henry Lappaprine (1800-1920), a general in command of Sahara Forces. Lapparine met his death as the result of injuries sustained in an aeroplane crash above the desert.

All of which gives you some idea of how busy the French stamp presses are.

OCTOGENARIAN TENNIS ACE IZING GUSTAV V of Sweden

K observed his 80th birthday on

June 16, and his subjects in Stock--- holm held a celebration lasting throughout the day and well into the night. Few men his age could par ticipate in such a thorough feting, but King Gustav has the strength and vigour to carry him through even more strenuous pursuits.

His favourite sport is tennis, and Ire is a skillful and enthusiastic play- er. When he visited England in his Crown Prince days, he had his first experience with the game and enjoy- ed it so much that he set to work making it one of the chief sports of his native land. Even at the age of 80, Gustav still devotes an hour a day to tennis.

A set of three stamps, all in the same design, was issued as part of the birthday ceremonies. In de- nominations of 5 ore, green, 16 ore, brown and 30 ore, blue, the stamp. presents a handsome portrait of the monarch.

STAMP TEASERS

1. What stamp pictures a Buddhist

Monastery?

2. An aeroplane over a railroad via-

duct appears on what adhesive? 9. Of what country is St. Olaf, the patron saint? You will find him pictured on its stamps.

4. What stamp pictures the geolo- gical formation known as Lot and Lot's Wife?

5. Who was Martin Pinzon, and what

atamp portrays him?

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S QUIZ

1. Liberia had a president named,

Johnson from 1884 to 1892.

-2. A packet of insured letters ap- pears on a Mexican stamp of 1985, insund for postal insurance. The tomb of Rachel appears on a stamp of Palentine issued In 1927. On Russian adhesive of 1932 you may, seo a prisoner breaking the bars of his cell window,

In 1928 the Netherlands issued a stamp on which a posthorn, and lion provide the design,

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