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FRENCH GUYANA 1886-1892

Guyane Française (french colony in South America)

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Stamps of France used in French Guyane

Stamp of the French Colonies without overprint used in Cayenne (French Guyana)

(Letter, obtained from a Simon Andrews auction)

1886 Stamps of the French colonies, overprinted:

"Dec 1886 GUY. FRANC."

  '0f05' on 2 c green
  '0f05' on 2 c brown (other serie)

The overprint on the green stamp exists in 3 types, differing in vertical height
1) 12.5 mm with missing "f"
2) 12 mm
3) 10.5 mm
The overprint on the brown stamp only exists in type 1) and 2).

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

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

"Avril 1887 GUY. FRANC."

  '0f05' on 2 c green
  '0f20' on 35 c brown on yellow
  '0f25' on 30 c brown

The two types of the overprint 'Av' normal (top) and 'Av' inverted (below)

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

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

"DEC 1887 GUY. FRANC."

  '5' on 30 c brown (Ceres issue)
  '5' on 30 c brown (French colonies 1877 issue)

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

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

"Fevrier 1888 GUY. FRANC."

  '5' on 30 c brown
  '10' on 75 c red

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

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

Forgery of the "Dec 1886 GUY.FRANC 0f05" overprint, note that the "5" is completely different from the genuine overprint

Another stamp with a forged overprint.

"Avril 1887" overprint on the wrong basic stamp.

Forged overprints made by Fournier (image from a Fournier Album)

Forged overprint on the wrong basic stamp (this is a Bordeaux 30 c stamp instead of a French colonies 30 c stamp).

1892 Stamps of the French colonies overprinted "GUYANE" with or without "." after this word

on Ceres issue

  30 c brown

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

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

on Peace and Commerce issue of 1877

(Image obtained from a Shreves auction)

(reduced size)

  2 c green
  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

on issue of French colonies of 1881

  1 c black
  2 c brown
  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

Overprinted "DEC 92 0f05" on 15 c blue

  0f05 on 15 c blue

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

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

Fournier has made forgeries of these stamps, for more information on these forgeries click here, examples:

Fournier forgeries, the stamp, overprint and cancel are forged with a "CAYENNE 2 JUIN 92 GUYANE" forged cancel

Forged overprints made by Fournier (image from a Fournier Album)

A sheet with forged cancels of the French colonies made by the forger Fournier, with a "CAYENNE 2 JUIN 92 GUYANE" forged cancel (5th row, first cancel).

Forgeries with horizontal overprint.

Imperforate forgery of the 1 F value.

For more stamps issued after 1892, click here.

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