Marshal Petain with R.F.

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Cette rose rouge timbre d'un franc maréchal Pétain (Scott 437 publié en 1941) avec un "R. F." surimpression m'a dérouté. Quelqu'un peut-il me dire où dans le monde, il aurait pu être utilisé?
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FRANCE -- SCOTT 437 W/"R. F." OVERPRINT
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This rose red one-franc Marshal Petain stamp (Scott 437 issued in 1941) with an "R. F."overprint has me baffled. Can somebody tell me where in the world it could have been used?  Scott does not make it easy to locate.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[Craig]

RF = Republique Francaise ... overprinted on French stamps for patriotic purposes, primarily philatelic in nature. I do believe there are a lot of fakes, unfortunately, I'm not very conversant in the subject.

[dcstamps]

Cordialement

May 12, 2014 21:27:06 GMT -5 Gordon Lee said:

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Cette rose rouge timbre d'un franc maréchal Pétain (Scott 437 publié en 1941) avec un "R. F." surimpression m'a dérouté. Quelqu'un peut-il me dire où dans le monde, il aurait pu être utilisé?
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FRANCE -- SCOTT 437 W/"R. F." OVERPRINT
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This rose red one-franc Marshal Petain stamp (Scott 437 issued in 1941) with an "R. F."overprint has me baffled. Can somebody tell me where in the world it could have been used?  Scott does not make it easy to locate.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

Monsieur Lee.

During the liberation of France in 1944 and 1945, many stamps were overprinted  'R.F' (Republique Francaise). Most  were issued for philatelic purposes.

Cordialement

Michael

(oops, not fast enough)

[kacyds]

What I found out Gordon is that was a local issue, that was issued in Lyon France, 1945-46.....

[kacyds]

Also, check this out....

www.sandafayre.com/itemdetails.aspx?s=549551&return=true

[Craig]

Woohoo! Great pic and link, Kris!