sheet stamps
©: The following photos were provided by the Musée de la Poste (Personally upon request) with reproduction authorization from BGPN-Branche Grand Public et Numérique. General Public BU. Philaposte
Original model kept at the Postal Museum.
The exact dimensions: 35 cm (height) x 27 cm (width), the drawing was made in watercolor and pencil on paper by Paul Albert Laurens .
Brass plate with the original hallmark of 50c Peace to Type IV*.
*: See filiation of Types in menu "Many Types"
Hallmark from 50c to Type IIB *
*: See filiation of Types in menu "Many Types"
The hallmarks of the Postal Museum reveal their secrets!
*: See filiation of Types in menu "Many Types"
The workshop test without face value predates this hallmark. The nets of the Workshop proof frame are finely engraved. So the relief on the lower thread of the punch above was deliberately added. Why? To what end? The most practical way to obtain this relief was probably to hollow out the lower thread of the lead counter-type.
Photo of the red 50c hallmark at Type IIB after horizontal rotation and accentuation of contrasts.
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This punch is proof of a voluntary action by the engraver Delzers. The pleats under the belt buckle are those of Type I, IIB and IIA. The "C" of penny is retouched
The hallmarks of the Musée de la Poste show a complex filiation to explain the birth of four types and one sub-type. The reasons will remain mysterious and unexplained, on the other hand the mechanism of filiation, it can be argued with method and a little logic (Thanks in part to the above)! -->See: tab: Four Types / Filiation...
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