French stamp No. 109 overprinted ALGERIA
Michel Reference
DZ 4
Stanley Reference
DZ 4
Yvert Reference
DZ 4
Scott Reference
DZ 3
Themes
Angels and Mythology
Description
This type was used for small values, alongside the Mouchon type for intermediate values and the Merson type for the largest values.
The White type stamp was issued by the French administration on December 4, 1900. The complete series included the face values of 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c. The 7½c appeared in 1926 only pre-cancelled and the 10c in June 1929. It is the first so-called semi-modern stamp (with the sower which came out at the same time).
It represents the “goddess of Liberty holding the scales of Equality, and Fraternity (symbolized by two cherubs)”.
The original hallmark was engraved on a block of boxwood based on the drawing by Joseph Blanc. Boxwood is a very hard wood with a very tight grain which allows very fine engraving when working with end grain. From 2 copper replicas of this original, the copper printing plates (galvanotype) are made by processes using electroplating. The name of the first engraver appears at the bottom of the pattern on the right: E. Thomas: this is Émile Thomas (1841–1907).
At the time of its release, the White type was printed using a flat process (sheet by sheet). Around 1925, rotary printing will appear.
A decree of March 30, 1932 abolishes the issue of this stamp. Since 1903 it had been in competition with sower type stamps of the same value.
A specialist stamp collection on the White type is exciting because this stamp has gone through various presentations and printing processes which can be identified on the stamps themselves by slight but systematic differences in printing (types). This stamp has been in use for almost 30 years, which provides an interesting historical diversity (war of 1914 in particular). His study both from the point of view of postal use and printing is very rich. Finally, let us point out that it was a commonly used stamp since it corresponded to the prices of postcards and printed matter. We can therefore find many old documents franked with these stamps at affordable prices in flea markets and garage sales.
The White type stamp was issued by the French administration on December 4, 1900. The complete series included the face values of 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c. The 7½c appeared in 1926 only pre-cancelled and the 10c in June 1929. It is the first so-called semi-modern stamp (with the sower which came out at the same time).
It represents the “goddess of Liberty holding the scales of Equality, and Fraternity (symbolized by two cherubs)”.
The original hallmark was engraved on a block of boxwood based on the drawing by Joseph Blanc. Boxwood is a very hard wood with a very tight grain which allows very fine engraving when working with end grain. From 2 copper replicas of this original, the copper printing plates (galvanotype) are made by processes using electroplating. The name of the first engraver appears at the bottom of the pattern on the right: E. Thomas: this is Émile Thomas (1841–1907).
At the time of its release, the White type was printed using a flat process (sheet by sheet). Around 1925, rotary printing will appear.
A decree of March 30, 1932 abolishes the issue of this stamp. Since 1903 it had been in competition with sower type stamps of the same value.
A specialist stamp collection on the White type is exciting because this stamp has gone through various presentations and printing processes which can be identified on the stamps themselves by slight but systematic differences in printing (types). This stamp has been in use for almost 30 years, which provides an interesting historical diversity (war of 1914 in particular). His study both from the point of view of postal use and printing is very rich. Finally, let us point out that it was a commonly used stamp since it corresponded to the prices of postcards and printed matter. We can therefore find many old documents franked with these stamps at affordable prices in flea markets and garage sales.
Size
21 x 25 mm
Colors
rouge orange
Designer
Emile Thomas (E) et Joseph Blanc
Perforation
14 x 13½
Printing
Typographie
Face value
0,03 DA
Mint Value ($)
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Used Value ($)
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