The History of Early French Postage Stamps

Ceres & Napoleon through Sowers & Pasteur. A history of monarchy, republic, empire, monarchy and back to republic. Oh, and wars with Germany. Those two just can't get along.

[@davidkeeley8473]

A good history lesson. I learn something every time I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@KensStampCollection]

My pleasure, honestly. I'm glad people want to hear about my stamps.

[@MarkDyck]

Fantastic. I love how you think about regular issues. I'm with you, the fun of filling in the set is a great thrill. Thanka for explaining the French issues in detail. Wish I could like this twice! ❤

[@KensStampCollection]

You’re so kind. Thank you

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Again, such an interesting episode. Thanks, Ken! I will have to view it a few times, though, to take it all in. Even though I do not collect France's stamps at this stage, it is satisfying to know something about each country's stamps when one comes across them in e.g. world collections one buys. Thanks, again. I really enjoy your channel.

[@KensStampCollection]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

Thank you Ken, I really learned a lot of early French stamps. Very helpful!

[@KensStampCollection]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kengilbride7182]

Thank You Ken My Sunday morning scroll for stamp collecting videos and a cup of coffee. Enjoyed as always Happy Collecting the other Ken

[@KensStampCollection]

Hi Ken, the image of you sipping your coffee (I'm actually imagining pink bunny slippers, sorry) watching my latest video gives me a big smile.

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Some of my favorite stamps - I agree that the Pasteur stamps seem more like definitives since they are small and come in a bunch of values. If there were only one or two they would feel more like true commemoratives lol

[@KensStampCollection]

It's always interesting to see what norms of style are international and what are local.

[@adamhuffman3354]

Yea I’ve got a few early France with that weird postmark that makes them beautiful and I’m so attracted to IMPERFs! Don’t know why.

[@KensStampCollection]

There is something magical about imperfs. I agree!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

I am revisiting some old videos. 🙂

[@KensStampCollection]

I just rewatched one of my own, too!

[@antoniojeremywilliams4659]

Excellent. Keep it up Ken.

[@KensStampCollection]

Thanks!

[@jesusbustillo2242]

5:02

[@KensStampCollection]

Just a timestamp for later reference?

[@evgenya2321]

The quality of the video is below any criticism (360p) 😏😏

[@KensStampCollection]

Thank you so much

[@willardtaylor6249]

Thank you for your videos which are very informative. I might add that anyone who has any imperforate copies of the Peace and Commerce stamps needs to be aware, not only of cut square envelopes, but also of French Colonies 24-45. The French Colonies stamps, issued for colonies which did not have their own stamps, are much cheaper than the issues of France and may take a expert to identify. There is a detailed description in Scott of the differences between the 1849 and 1870 Ceres issues. However, the imperforate issues of the 1870 issue of France can be very difficult to distinguish from French Colonies 16-23, which are mostly cheaper. The 1870-1873 Ceres set is perforated, with the exception of some rarities. The 1872-1875 Ceres set is distinguished by the larger numerals of value.

[@KensStampCollection]

Thank you. This is so helpful. Do I understand right that you need to look at the cancellation to tell the difference?

[@willardtaylor6249]

@@KensStampCollection The cancellation can help in identifying these issues, if you can tell the location of where the stamp was cancelled. For instance, I have a copy of French Colonies J6 clearly cancelled in Senegal. However not all cancellations are legible and it appears that it be would be difficult to distinguish the 1870 French Ceres set from the French Colonies set, as both the set belonging to France and the one with French Colonies were both postally used. Possibly, the French Peace and Commerce imperforates may not have been used. It appears that way from the way that they are listed in the catalog. Therefore any imperforate Peace and Commerce stamps that are used I would consider them to belong with French Colonies. As far as unused examples, it may take an expert to accurately distinguish between France and French Colonies issues.

[@KensStampCollection]

I’m going to have to dive into Scott a bit, although I expect Michel does a better job. This is so interesting. You, my friend, are this channel’s expert now. Thank you

[@StampsDEI]

Cool Collection. I like the Napoleon stamps very much, was planning to build a small collection, but some are rather pricy so keep pushing off.

[@KensStampCollection]

Yeah, I never thought I'd get any of these either. Here's my hint. Don't buy the individual stamps. Look for lots in old beat up albums. I found all three of mine that way. I paid less for the album than I would have for any individual stamps, and had hours of fun sorting them out. That said, none of my copies are particularly nice. That's okay by me though.

[@FilipeLemos1964]

👋👋👋👍👍💪😝

[@tamarachxeidze]

hello mr. ken . like your content. i watched your video about french stemps and i have a lot of Exact ones. please if there is a Possibility to contact you on email or somewhere else.i would love to have a Conversation. thank you

[@KensStampCollection]

Hi - Sure, I put my email in the About section at the top of my channel page. Thanks for watching.