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(A letter of Martinique from 1825 with cancel 'MARTINIAQUE' and 'COLONIES PAR BORDEAUX')

I've seen a similar letter to Rouen with cancel 'MARTINIQUE' and 'COLONIES PAR ROCHEFORT'.

Stamps of the french colonies were used cancelled with a diamond shaped figure of points with 'MQE' in the middle (see picture)

Normal cancel on stamp of the French Colonies:

1886 Stamps of the French colonies of 1881 overprinted 'MQE' and value

  'MQE 15 c.' on 20 c red on green

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

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

1886 Stamps of the French colonies of 1881 overprinted 'Martinique' and value

  '01c.' on 2 c brown
  '01c.' on 4 c brown
  '01' on 20 c red on green

  '05c.' on 4 c brown
  '05c.' on 10 c black

  '5' on 20 c red on green
  '5c' on 20 c red on green
  '05' on 20 c red on green
  '05c.' on 20 c red on green

  '05c.' on 30 c brown
  '05c.' on 35 c black on yellow
  '05c.' on 40 c red

  '15c.' on 4 c brown (misprint?)
  '15c.' on 20 c red on green
  '015' on 20 c red on green
  '15' on 20 c red on green
  '15c.' on 25 c black
  '15c.' on 75 c red

Surcharged 'TIMBRE-POSTE MARTINIQUE' and value

  '01c.' on 2 c brown

Surcharged '1892' value and 'MARTINIQUE'

(Reduced size)

  '05c.' on 25 c black
  '15c.' on 25 c black

Surcharged '1892 MARTINIQUE' and value

  '05c.' on 25 c black
  '15c.' on 25 c black

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

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

(Left, common '5'; right, slanting '5' variety)

1891 Postage Due stamps of French Colonies, surcharged: 'TIMBRE-POSTE MARTINIQUE' and value

(Reduced size)

  '05c.' on 5 c black
  '05c.' (red) on 10 c black
  '05c.' on 15 c black
  '05c.' (red) on 15 c black
  '15c.' on 20 c black
  '15c.' (red) on 20 c black
  '15c.' on 30 c black

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

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

1893 French colonies Tablet type, inscription 'MARTINIQUE' in red or blue

  1 c black
  2 c brown on yellowish
  4 c brown
  5 c green (light or dark green)
  10 c black
  10 c red
  15 c blue
  15 c grey
  20 c red on green
  25 c black
  25 c blue
  30 c brown
  35 c black on yellow
  40 c red on yellow
  50 c red
  50 c brown on blue
  75 c lilac on orange
  1 F green
  2 F violet on red
  5 F lilac

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

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	vc	vc	Country name in blue: R
2 c	vc	vc	Misprint 'MARTINIQUF': **
4 c	c	c
5 c	c	vc
10 c black	*	vc	Country name in red: RR
10 c red	*	vc
15 c blue	**	c	With security underprint
15 c grey	*	c
20 c	*	*
25 c black	*	c
25 c blue	***	**
30 c	**	**
35 c	**	*	1906
40 c	**	**
50 c red	*	*
50 c brown on blue	***	***
75 c	***	***
1 F	**	**
2 F	***	***
5 F	***	***

Surcharged

(Reduced view)

  '10c' on 30 c brown
  '10c' on 5 F lilac

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

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

Surcharged '1904' and value

  '0f10' on 30 c brown
  '0f10' on 40 c red
  '0f10' on 50 c red
  '0f10' on 75 c violet on yellow
  '0f10' on 1 F green
  '0f10' on 5 F lilac

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

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

Surcharged '05 or '10' (1912)

  '05' (red) on 15 c grey
  '05' (red) on 25 c black
  '10' on 40 c red on yellow
  '10' on 5 F lilac

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

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

All these stamps have perforation 14 x 13 1/2.

Forgeries: Fournier has made forgeries of these stamps (inclusive the overprints), the easiest way to recognize them is by their perforation; the perforation is often imperfect, especially in the corners. Examples of these forgeries:

For more information on these forgeries click here.

1903 Postage Due stamp of the French colonies: Surcharged 'TIMBRE-POSTE 5 F. MARTINIQUE COLIS POSTAUX'

  5 F on 60 c brown

This stamp was used for parcels.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 Fr on 60 c	R	R	With inverted overprint: RRR

1908 Woman, view of Fort de France and woman (other design)

Woman

  1 c brown
  2 c green and brown
  4 c brown
  5 c green and brown
  5 c orange and brown
  10 c red and brown
  10 c green
  10 c lilac and red
  15 c lilac and red
  15 c green and olive
  15 c blue and orange
  20 c violet and brown

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

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

View of Fort de France

  25 c blue and brown
  25 c orange and brown
  30 c red and brown
  30 c red and orange
  30 c brown
  30 c blue and green
  35 c violet and brown on yellow
  40 c green and brown
  45 c brown
  50 c red and brown
  50 c blue and brown
  50 c orange and green
  60 c blue and red
  65 c violet and brown
  75 c black and brown
  75 c blue
  75 c brown and blue
  90 c red

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

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

Woman

(Reduced size)

  1 F blue and brown
  1 F blue
  1 F red and olive
  1 F 10 violet and black (1928)
  1 F 50 grey and blue
  2 F grey and brown
  3 F lilac
  5 F orange and brown

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

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

Surcharged

(025 on 50 c red and brown)

  '001' on 2 c green and brown
  '005' on 20 c violet and brown
  '015' on 30 c red and brown
  '025' on 50 c blue and brown
  '025' on 50 c red and brown
  '0,01' on 15 c lilac and brown
  '0,02' (blue) on 15 c lilac and brown
  '0,05' (red) on 15 c lilac and brown
  '05' on 1 c brown
  '10' on 2 c green and brown
  '25' on 15 c lilac and red
  '25c' on 15 c lilac and red
  '25c' on 2 F grey and brown
  '25c' (blue) on 5 F orange and brown
  '60' on 75 c blue and red
  '65' on 45 c brown 
  '85' (red) on 75 c black and brown
  90 c on 75 c red
  '1f25' (red) on 1 F blue
  1 F 50 on 1 F blue
  3 F on 5 F red and green
  10 F on 5 F green and red
  20 F on 5 F brown and lilac

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

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

(Inverted '0,05' on 20 c overprint)

The '05' on 1 c and '10' on 2 c exist with a small zero variety: the '0' is printed smaller, example:

(Left small '0', right normal '0')

I have seen this small zero variety printed next to a normal stamp.

Red cross issue (1915)

  '+5c' on 10 c red and brown

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

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

All these stamps are perforated 14 x 13 1/2.

The next stamps to be issued in Martinique appeared in 1931 (colonial exhibition), a new permanent serie appeared in 1933.

Postage due stamps

1887 Prepared postage due stamps, postage due stamps of french colonies, overprinted 'MARTINIQUE', these stamps were prepared, but never placed in use

The following values were prepared: 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 30c, 40c, 60c, all in black, and 1F, 2F and 5 F in brown. The overprint is always in red, it can be from the upper left to lower right corner or lower left to upper right corner.

1927 Postage due stamps of France overprinted 'MARTINIQUE'

  5 c blue
  10 c brown
  20 c green
  25 c red
  30 c red
  45 c green
  50 c lilac
  60 c green
  1 F red
  2 F violet
  3 F red

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

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

Fiscal Stamps

(Fiscal stamp of France, used in Martinique, see cancel)

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

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