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Old March 24th 11, 11:03 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Nick Bridgwater[_2_]
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Default Shqyptare ~ seek ID.

According to "The stamps and posts of Albania and Epirus 1878 to 1945" by
John S Phipps, they are definitive stamps prepared for use but not issued.

In more detail, these are stamps which the French commandant had ordered
from the French government stamp printing works but which did not reach
Shkoder until after the international occupation had ended. They consist
fo 6 values with the effigy of Skenderbeg superimposed on an Albanian
double eagle and of a postage due series of 4 values whith a view of the
fortress of Shkoder. The book lists Brunel and Wallisch as references.

Regards,
Nick


"rod222" wrote in news:WYCip.13847$MF5.11216
@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com:

http://cjoint.com/data1/1dyjebkEsi8.htm


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