Show mf I OF QUESTS RANCE States Issues in in Europe m troit it Philatelist t sung us facts regarding the lt of postage stamp colis col- col is luring during the war period n related by Warren COI 1 L L. Ident of the Detroit Phil Phil- who ho was on military during several months of I tho Im-tho the thc summer of 1918 andY of case nase hospital No nI nent dealer with a large tu Drouot wa was wounded varand ar and on recovery was to his shop cock ock In April 1918 the thearIs thearis aris ris by German airplanes airplane 1 he shelling by the Big Bigy y led him to seek safety 1 and children He moved ln ind opened a a store on the cg ge gelT There I found him in f that year He found tie Ire many fine pieces not- not Jf Je three 5 cents 1851 im- im 24 cents 1 1889 ori laid paper and hosts es- es esTO TO YANKEE ys that to an Ameri- Ameri stamp dealer is an nor United 1 States likely likely- to answer None Noney y few ew Seldom on first les dealers show producing what they have visits partly aeu as ae u advised during which Just what may be beme me other odd rarity The Ther r eldom has a stock of s stamps He primarily French collector who is a arance Fr France rance and French coloms colo- colo ems ms disappointed if you lector Hector of those countries t tates t s stamps he picks up eja few at a time If ot oti quick i 1 k sales saies are made As Asi United States stamps are I 1 i dealer lealer to collector as 1 lathis this country and ulU- ulU their way ay here AN STAMPS t ber number of Scotts Scott's r l Mr Il Babcock tells teUs life difficulties ana anc sut- sut sue suo- nning aown rare copies r ren n ous days of the war ed Stated stamps clamps of th the th to be found In Europe letters addressed w were re usually forwarded The cent 5 brown and lack of this issue on for- for and bring a wall nilum A long search ne ln Bordeaux a a. cent 5 led from New Orleans the 1851 issue im- im Jf found und more frequently e C cent cent 5 and cent 10 In Inthe the cent cent 12 in England 69 the single rate to fo I and to England tn The fn of the cent 5 and Angles ng s and strips of three I Supplies most of the 12 i IB Business siness houses or re Ne timbre Philadelphia ami ere the er r the the source of most ol 01 of J 3 The iThe export houses of p e which carried I trade rado with Bordeaux furfine fur fur- fine specimens These Thesey fur I y firms with 1 trade connections Inas in inon as on a Ily the cent 1 and andin in various I I collection nel purchased i ia of cent 1 1851 type teon on covers I SUE export trade just be- be I be-I ii war is responsible for I J me examPles of the 1857 of of tho the 5 and 10 cents j found found the finest copies ot of oti i i k l No 45 that ever Section To be rewarded these beautiful stamps rand and earch is well wen wellfort fort How i z lave have regret- regret tover over two strips of three freds ds on cover over because the tle l f or I francs for both would by no means b be bA Unreasonable The postal ic of 1857 Nos 4 43 43 56 the last two typos types veen een cen extensive Man Many are though it must be said in condition Of the strips of three are sev- sev p r common than the hor- hor Several were readily These strips paid class mail gOUT io i PRiCE pe T. T is considered the hIr hgr found twice as many I The cent 30 Is s seldom Cent ent rarely seen in good r. r nt The 12 ent 12 nt and 24 p course seldom used on th ugh I T did find some som t U e cent 12 1 nd cent i-cent Pf xi the 1861 issue the the fort or mustard th the cent 10 cent 10 t orange may be bethe lithe the former Is scarce It f fortune to see two covers 5 with the cent 90 In ti ii all ItS us glory Each ed d 10 cents postage to the cent 90 a aI I Scent cent Alas the owner p man would not her hem co cover cor r at any price I brown brown ed-brown up to recently compe comparatively common th- th th brown exists In tn quanI quan- quan I poor In quality quan-I quan The were seen and l i Issue of 1869 comes r values were seldom ipps ops but the cent 10 pre- pre the cent 15 In both bothI I cent O-cent was usually atro atro- t and cancellation a.- a. ind d cent 12 were ere scarce ent and cent 30 m n stock I selected thirty opi oples s 1 t had ever seen of ot tamps stamps The cent 90 was absence the few for Lor shown being notably htone one or two exceptions to to- France the postal rate ollO PO cents per half ounce nt brown of ot 1870 without to Of ot the issues of tamps of value were I from one shop several 10 cent 10 ent with colored can- can i un their way vay into my I Is I s sting ng to note here that le lers do not rot separate the time 1 I I soft paper of the American printing I the te hard continental paper although al 1 though they readily distinguish the continental from tram I The reprints of 1857 are seldom recognized recognized recognized rec rec- by the French the few lew copies seen 8 being l as issues unused The reissues s and special printings of 1875 are l likewise not ac acknowledged ac- ac except the l b which they readily distinguish by absenCe absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of the grill DEALERS NUMBER HUNDREDS The French shops are favorable I fields for odd cancellations sub varie ties such as the cent 10 1 1851 re- re re- re 1 cuts and to a lesser degree the rei s es of or 18 Ii A few of or the scarcer types of the cent 1 1851 may be seen al although although although al- al though i l teat real my Dr VI Carroll Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll Chase whom I met In Paris Pads in 1918 left little in that line for the postwar searcher There are several hundred stamp dealers listed in Paris and the search for their shops was of or unfailing Inter Inter- e est eat t. t They were scattered all over the city often otten on the fourth or fifth floors of houses with rear real court entrances It often took two or three to trips trips-to locate the place Occasionally drawn shutters shutters shut shut- tens would be found orten onen with a written written written writ writ- ten inscription on white paper pasted paste on the or door The pathos of tho those varied aried inscriptions inscriptions' will never be forgotten Mon forgotten Mon B. B il II mort amort Mr B B. B is dead Mon B. B il it a tombe sur la lafront lafront lafront front Mr B. B has fallen at the front Will Vill open during next leave and many others equally pathetic all suggestive suggestive suggestive sug sug- of the great struggle in progress less ress only fifty miles away THE REAL PARIS I In this search for stamps in Wi Paris concludes Mr Babcock one sees much of Parisian life that never appears to the ordinary tourist Every has its shops some on the street others In the basement or attic the latter necessitating a climb of four or five flights with many turnings In order to know Paris one must live I In lii Paris and in order to find these shops one should know Paris well Greeks Italians and Moroccans may maybe maybe mayle be le found selling the elusive bits U ot ut paper and Breton Gascon and Horae- Horae laise may be met and heald in your peregrinations French you OU should Understand understand understand un un- and speak an and your lin linguistic Un- Un abilities are put to a severe test t by y the dialects and accents of this I great and cosmopolitan city |