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GUADELOUPE

(province of France in the West Indies)

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Stamps of the French Colonies used in Guadeloupe:

"GPE" cancel:

Normal cancels:

"GUADELOUPE ST.CLAUDE"

French Colonies stamps exist among others with the following circular date cancels used in Guadeloupe:
"VIEUX HABITANTS GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE GRAND BOURG M G" (Marie Galante)
"GUADELOUPE GRAND BOURG"
"GRAND BOURG GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE ABYMES" or "ABYMES GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE ANSE-BERTRAND" or "ANSE BERTRAND GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE BAIE MAHAULT"
"GUADELOUPE CAPESTERRE (G P)" or "CAPESTERRE GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE GOSIER"
"GUADELOUPE MORNE A L'EAU" or "MORNE A L'EAU GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE MOULE"
"GUADELOUPE PETIT-CANAL" or "PETIT CANAL GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE PORT LOUIS" or "PORT LOUIS GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE SAINTE ANNE"
"GUADELOUPE SAINT CLAUDE"
"ST FRANCOIS GUADELOUPE"
"GUADELOUPE ST ROSE LA BOUCAN"
"GUADELOUPE TROIS RIVIERES" or "TROIS RIVIERES GUADELOUPE"

1884 Stamps of French colonies Peace and Commerce issue overprinted "G.P.E." (Guadeloupe) and value

  '20' on 30 c brown
  '25' on 35 c brown on yellow

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Variety with large '2':

'20' on 30 c with large '2' variety

Normal '25' on 35 c on the left and large '5' variety on the right

Forgeries:

Very dubious item with a "CAHORS LOT" (France!) cancel.

1889 Stamps of French colonies overprinted "GUADELOUPE centimes" and value

   '3' on 20 c red on green
   '15' on 20 c red on green
   '25' on 20 c red on green

All three above stamps exist with the word "centimes" larger (about 12 mm instead of 10 mm, same value).

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Slightly different overprint with ornamental border

  '5' on 1 c black
  '10' on 40 c red
  '15' on 20 c red on green
  '25' on 30 c brown

All four above stamps exist with the word 'centimes' larger (about 12 mm instead of 10 mm, same value). There are several types in the ornamental border (11).

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

The forger Fournier has made forgeries of these overprints, examples taken from a Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries:

(Fournier forged overprints, reduced sizes)

Fournier offers the 10 c on 40 c and the 15 c on 20 c, both with normal and with inverted overprints (thus 4 forgeries in total) for 2 Swiss Francs in his 1914 pricelist. Sorry, no image available yet.

1891 Stamps of French colonies overprinted "GPE" bar and value

  '5 c.' on 10 c black
  '5 c.' on 1 F green

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1891 Stamps of French colonies overprinted "GUADELOUPE"

  1 c black
  2 c brown on yellow
  4 c brown
  5 c green
  10 c black
  15 c blue
  20 c red on green
  25 c black
  30 c brown
  35 c brown on yellow
  40 c red
  75 c red
  1 F green

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

There are several misprints "GNADELOUPE", "GUADBLOUPE", "GUADELONPE" or "GUADELOUEP" of all values. Furthermore several values exist with inverted or double overprint.

Example of "GNADELOUPE" and "GUADELONPE" misprints.

Fournier has made forgeries of these overprints. Fournier offers the 13 values for 7 Swiss Francs in his 1914 pricelist. Sorry, no image available yet. Examples taken from a Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries:

(Forged overprints, reduced sizes)

Examples of forged cancels he used:

Forged cancels "POINTE A PITRE 2E/21 JANV 92 GUADELOUPE", "ST LOUIS 2 JUIL. 91 GUADELOUPE" and "BASSE-TERRE 1E/21 JUIN 92 GUADELOUPE" (Reduced sizes). I 've also seen the "BASSE TERRE" cancel being used on postage due stamps of the French Colonies

Fournier forgery with the forged "POINTE A PITRE 2E/21 JANV 92" forged cancel as shown above. Also the "ST LOUIS 2 JUIL. 91 GUADELOUPE" forged cancel. The corner perforation does not match in the Fournier forgeries.

Forged "GUADELOUPE" overprint (done manually?) on a stamp cancelled in 1884.

1891 Stamps of French colonies, Ceres issue, overprinted "GUADELOUPE"

  30 c brown
  80 c red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

There are several misprints "GNADELOUPE", "GUADBLOUPE", "GUADELONPE" or "GUADELOUEP" of all values.

1893 French colonies type, inscription "GUADELOUPE ET DEPENDANCES" in red or blue, so called 'Tablet' issue

  1 c black
  2 c brown on yellowish
  4 c brown
  5 c green (2 different shades of green exist)
  10 c black
  10 c red
  15 c blue
  15 c grey
  20 c red on yellow
  25 c black
  25 c blue
  30 c brown
  40 c orange
  50 c red
  50 c brown on blue
  75 c violet on orange
  1 F green

These stamps have perforation 14 x 13 1/2. For stamps in the same Tablet design, but for other French colonies, click here.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

overprinted "G&D" or "G et D" and value (1903), various types

(Two types of the 10 on 40 c)

  'G & D 5' on 30 c brown (6 different types)
  'G et D 10' on 40 c red (5 different types)
  'G & D 15' on 50 c red (6 different types)
  'G et D 40' on 1 F green (2 different types)
  'G & D 1 fr.' on 75 c lilac (6 different types)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Some of the overprints exist inverted:

The stamps "G et D 40" on 1 F and "G & D 1 Fr." on 75 c exist surcharged "1903" in 19 different types, the surcharges exist in blue, red and black, example:

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

overprinted '05' or '10' (1912)

  '05' on 4 c brown
  '05' on 30 c brown
  '10' on 40 c red

A variety of these overprints exist with more space between the '0' and '5' or '1' and '0' respectively (RR).

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Some fiscal stamps were issued with an overprint similar to the "G&D" overprint, but with "QUITTANCE" printed in the center (3 types exist differing in the size of the word "QUITTANCE", a misprint with "QUITTALCE" also exists.

"QUITTALCE" misprint.

Fournier has made forgeries of the 'Tablet' stamps, for more information on these forgeries click here. Examples of Fournier forgeries:

It looks like the first forged stamp above (the 75 c) has a forged "POINTE A PITRE 2E/21 JANV 92" forged Fournier cancel.

1905 Various views of Guadeloupe

  1 c black on blue
  2 c brown on yellow
  4 c brown on blue
  5 c green
  5 c blue (1922)
  10 c red
  10 c green (1922)
  10 c red on grey (1925)
  15 c violet
  20 c red on green
  20 c green
  25 c blue
  25 c green on yellow (1922)
  30 c black
  30 c red (1922)
  30 c brown on lilac (1925)
  35 c black on yellow
  40 c red on yellow
  45 c green on lilac
  45 c red (1925)
  50 c green on yellow
  50 c blue (1922)
  50 c violet (1925)
  65 c blue (1927)
  75 c red on blue
  1 F black on green
  1 F blue (1925)
  2 F red on orange
  5 F blue on orange

These stamps have perforation 14 x 13 1/2

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged
  '= 25c' on 5 F blue on orange (1924)
  '= 65' on 1 F green (1925)
  '= 85' on 1 F green (1925)
  '90 c =' on 75 c red (1927)
  '= 1f05' (blue) on 2 F red (1926)
  '= 1f25' (red) on 1 F blue (1926)
  '= 1f50' on 1 F blue (1927)
  '= 3F.' on 5 F brown (1927)
  '4 F =' on '1.f05 =' on 2 F red (1943?)
  '= 10F.' on 5 F red on yellow (1927)
  '= 20F.' on 5 F lilac on lilac (1927)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Red cross overprint in red (1915)

  '+5c' on 10 c red
  '+5c' on 15 c violet

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

I've seen the 1 c black on blue with a fiscal overprint "QUITTANCES a 0 fr. 10.". Also the 5 c green with "DIMENSION a 2 francs" overprint.

1928 New permanent set; three different designs

'LA CANNE MISE AU MOULIN' (sugar cane machine?)

  1 c yellow and lilac
  2 c black and red
  3 c yellow and lilac (1939?)
  4 c green and brown
  5 c red and green
  10 c brown and blue
  10 c (with '10' in left lower corner, instead of 'RF.')
  15 c red and black
  20 c lilac and brown

View of island in ellipse

  25 c blue and olive
  30 c green and light green
  35 c green (1938)
  40 c yellow and lilac
  45 c brown and black
  45 c green (1939?)
  50 c green and orange
  55 c blue and red (1938)
  60 c blue and red (1939?)
  65 c black and red
  70 c black and red (1939?)
  75 c red and blue
  80 c red and brown (1938)
  90 c red
  90 c red and blue (1939?)

Ships with island in the background

  1 F red and blue
  1 F red and orange (1938)
  1 F grey and brown (1939?)
  1.05 F blue and red
  1.10 F red and green
  1.25 F blue and brown (1933)
  1.25 F red and orange (1939?)
  1.40 F blue and lilac (1939?)
  1.50 F blue
  1.60 F lilac and orange (1939?)
  1.75 F lilac and orange (1933)
  1.75 F blue (1938)
  2 F green and brown
  2.25 F blue (1939?)
  2.50 F orange and green (1939?)
  3 F red and black
  5 F blue and red
  10 F lilac and brown
  20 F green and lilac

Surcharged
  '40 c x' on 35 c green
  '50 c =' on 25 c blue and olive
  '50 c =' on 65 c black and red
  'un franc V' on 65 c black and red
  '1f =' on 90 c red
  '1f =' on 90 c red and blue

I've seen several fiscal stamps produced from these postage stamps with overprint "FISCAL" and furhter sucharged:
5 c on 45 c green
10 c on 1 c yellow and lilac
20 c on 2 c black and red
20 c on 1F25 red and orange
20 c on 1F60 red and orange
30 c on 2.50F orange and green
50 c on 3 c yellow and lilac
80 c on 3 c yellow and lilac
80 c on 1F40 blue and lilac
1 fr on 45 c brown and black

1931 "EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE PARIS 1931", various designs (designs identical to many other French colonies)

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  40 c green and black
  50 c lilac and black
  90 c red and black
  1.50 F blue and black

1935 300 years founding of the Antilles

Richelieu founding the Antilles Company in 1635
  40 c black
  50 c red
  1.50 F blue

Victor Hugues and his Corsaires in 1793
  1.75 F lilac
  5 F brown
  10 F green

1937 World Exhibition in Paris in 1937, design identical to many other French colonies

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  20 c violet
  30 c green
  40 c lilac
  50 c brown and black
  90 c red
  1.50 F blue

A imperforate minisheet with one stamp 3 F blue exists, with inscription above and below the stamp: "EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE ARTS ET TECHNIQUES 1937".

1938 Pierre and Marie Curie, design identical to many other French Colonies

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  1.75 F + 50 c blue

1939 "EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE NEW YORK 1939", design identical to many other French Colonies

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  1.25 F red
  2.25 F blue

Surcharged
  '40 c =' on 1.25 F red
  '40 c =' on 2.25 F blue

1939 French revolution commemoration, Bastille, design identical to many other French colonies

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  45 c + 25 c green and black
  70 c + 30 c brown and black
  90 c + 35 c orange and black
  1.25 F + 1 F lilac and black
  2.25 F + 2 F blue and black

1941 Local village, in top right corner portrait of Petain (Vichy government issue)

  1 F violet
  2.50 F blue

Overprinted "OEUVRES SOCIALES"
  50 c + 1.50 F on 2.50 F blue
  1 F + 2.50 F blue

1941 Soldiers issue, 'Defence de l'empire', various designs (Vichy government issue)

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  1 F + 1 F red
  1.50 F + 3 F brown
  2.50 F + 1 F blue

1944 Symbol of France (Marianne) with "RF" and cross (design identical to many other French colonies)

  5 F + 20 F blue

1945 New design, two fishes with value in center

  10 c blue and red
  30 c green and red
  40 c blue and red
  50 c red and green
  60 c gold and blue
  70 c grey and green
  80 c green and yellow
  1 F violet and green
  1.20 F lilac and green
  1.50 F brown and red
  2 F red and blue
  2.40 F red and green
  3 F brown and blue
  4 F blue and red
  4.50 F orange and green
  5 F violet and green
  10 F green and lilac
  15 F grey and orange
  20 F grey and orange
  

1947 Local scenes

Woman standing in front of ship
  10 c brown
  30 c black
  50 c green

Sugar cane harvesting
  60 c black
  1 F red
  1.50 F blue

Woman carrying fruits on her head
  2 F green
  2.50 F red
  3 F blue

Local woman facing left
  4 F violet
  5 F green
  6 F red

Women plucking fruits
  10 F blue
  15 F brown
  20 F red

Local woman facing right
  25 F green
  40 F red
  

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