Alsace

Afternoon all,

Some time ago a dealer in switzerland on ebay, was offering a item which
he believed was a proof for a stamp prepared in 1914 for the liberation
of Alsace in 1914.

Does anyone know if such a thing was ever prepared?

The dealer himself was uncertain of the item and was going off notes
attached.


Alan

Alan a utilisé son clavier pour écrire :
Afternoon all,

Some time ago a dealer in switzerland on ebay, was offering a item which he
believed was a proof for a stamp prepared in 1914 for the liberation of
Alsace in 1914.

Does anyone know if such a thing was ever prepared?

The dealer himself was uncertain of the item and was going off notes
attached.


Alan

I has never heard about! some villages or towns has been liberated and
occupaded by French army at beginning of the war in southern part of
Alsace (Thann, Moosch, Wesserling, Masevaux, Ferrette and I miss some
but can find the name if somebody has interest) and they use always
French normal stamps with a cancelation where you find the name of the
Town at the top, and ALSACE at the bottom!! I generaly look those pages
at stamp exhibition in France and have never seen such a stamp you
write (but this is not a proof that such a stamp doesn't exist as "non
émis")! It exist some stamps with overprinted "Alsace Libérée", they
was ùake after end of the war!!!

Have a nice sunday!

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DROGER Jean-Paul wrote:
Alan a utilisé son clavier pour écrire :
Afternoon all,

Some time ago a dealer in switzerland on ebay, was offering a item
which he believed was a proof for a stamp prepared in 1914 for the
liberation of Alsace in 1914.

Does anyone know if such a thing was ever prepared?

The dealer himself was uncertain of the item and was going off notes
attached.


Alan

I has never heard about! some villages or towns has been liberated and
occupaded by French army at beginning of the war in southern part of
Alsace (Thann, Moosch, Wesserling, Masevaux, Ferrette and I miss some
but can find the name if somebody has interest) and they use always
French normal stamps with a cancelation where you find the name of the
Town at the top, and ALSACE at the bottom!! I generaly look those
pages at stamp exhibition in France and have never seen such a stamp
you write (but this is not a proof that such a stamp doesn't exist as
"non émis")! It exist some stamps with overprinted "Alsace Libérée",
they was ùake after end of the war!!!

Hi,
The overptd stamps you mention are listed in Dallay. The overprint is on
4 lines, "Réoccupation / Française / en / ALSACE" , with or without a
rectangular frame. The stamps are of Blanc, Mouchon or Sower design,
with 1c to 25c denominations. Dallay seems to say they were prepared in
1914 but not issued (because the expected takeover of Alsace didn't
occur so quickly).
See an example he
http://www.philatelix.fr/catalogue/t...=G14_2%20B%20I
The cat values are approx. 400 ¤ (**) and 275 (*) for each stamp.

hth
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Kind regards,
Bruno