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Text denominations

dhill
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3 weeks 1 day ago #237 by dhill

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The modern stamps of Canada use the text 'P' meaning permanent, as the denomination of a 30 gram first class letter within Canada.
The USA has done the same thing with its 'A' and 'B' stamps.
Has France done this? What is the first French stamp using this denomination?
Please give the exact date of issue and a design description.
Thank you and Merci.
Douglas Hill

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2 weeks 4 days ago #239 by rniven

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Thank you for your enquiry. I have circulated this within the Society.

I think others are better qualified than me to answer your question but as an immediate response the earliest text denomination I am aware of is the 1986 1st August issue of Liberte (design by Gandon) in green with A as the denomination for letters up to 20g. (Y&T 2423: SG 2733)

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2 weeks 4 days ago #240 by jgane

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Hello, There is an article by Richard Broadhurst in the August 2021 Journal page 107 that may be of some help to you
www.fcps.org.uk/images/Journals/Journal_296_August_2021.pdf
Jan Gane

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