MYLA PHILATELY: The Oldest France Stamps

Thursday 31 December 2015

The Oldest France Stamps

The Ceres Series

The Ceres First Day Cover
Goddess of Growing Plants in Roman Mythology

Overview

The Ceres of France stamp was the 9^th oldest stamps in the world. The first issuance was printed on 1^st January, 1849. Six stamps were officially issued in 1849 to 1851 comprises face values of 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 40c and 1F. These stamps were engraved, imperforated, printed on wove paper and used typography technique.

1849 France Ceres Series 10c to 1F (Used)

Note: -

· 10c not in the listing.

· 20c,25c and 1F cancellation were Type 1.

· 15c cancellation was Type 2.

· 40c cancellation was Type 3.

Rare Cancellation

Type 1 Cancellation: The ealiest common cancellation was a diamond-shaped grill of six smaller diamonds. This grill cancellation came into used with the Ceres issued in 1849.

Type 2 Cancellation: This cancellation was known as etoile cancel came into used with the Ceres in 1849. This cancellation was consisted of a grid and 6-pointed star.

Type 3 Cancellation: This cancellation was known as endless grill cancel came into used with the Ceres issued beginning of 1851. The grill was comprised of small parallelograms, five rows deep and endless.

Ceres Bordeaux Issue

The Ceres Head concept was kept until 1875 and it was printed only in Bordeaux (1870~1871) and in Paris (1871~1875). The new denomination stamps were printed by using old material.

1870 France, 1c Olive Green, #50

Mint

~ CV$45.00 ~

1870 France, 2c Red Brown, #51

Used

~ CV$15.00 ~

1870 France, 2c Red Brown, #51

Mint

~ CV$90.00 ~

1870 France, 4c Grey, #52

Mint

~ CV$275.00 ~

1876 France Colonies, 10c Bistre Rose, #20

Mint

~ CV$190.00 ~

1871 France, 15c Bistre Yellow, #56

Used

~ CV$5.00 ~

1849 France, 25c Blue, #4

Used

~ CV$1.25 ~

1870 France, 40c Orange, #59

Used

~ CV$7.00 ~

1870-1876 France Ceres Series 1c to 40c (Mint/Used)

Ceres (1937~1941)

During the philatelic exhibition in Paris on 1937, a minisheet of four bicoloured Ceres stamps was issued. The next year in 1938, began a new Ceres series with high values from 1.75F to 3 F was issued.