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Etude monographique du 0,50F Marianne de Béquet
Sa naissance, sa production, son utilisation postale

Ce site philatélique étudie le timbre 0,50F Marianne de Béquet, depuis sa conception jusqu’à son utilisation postale en passant par les différentes présentations dont il a fait l’objet.

Covers illustrating the known aspects of the stamp 0,50F Marianne de Béquet

Introduction

In the article The aspects of the 0,50 F Marianne de Béquet stamp, we defined the 21 aspects which can be associated with the stamp 0,50 F Marianne de Béquet.We will now illustrate these aspects by means of covers and, also, to show covers highlighting certain peculiarities of the manufacturing of stamps. By what I mean covers where a stamp is attached to an horizontal margin with an indication of press, or to a dated or numbered vertical margin or to a dated corner of sheet or to an electronic mark... I really like this type of cover because it allows to specify the origin of the stamp, but especially because it is difficult to find "nature", most of the users throwing these margins of paper which have no interest for them before sticking the stamp on the envelope.

For some of the following illustrations, we will use two possible presentations:

  • that of can be rolled over image, that is to say an image with test areas which, when rolled over with the mouse, appear pinkcoloured and trigger the occurence of an image specifying the content of the affected area. We will write the term can be rolled over image at the head of the caption of such an image;
  • that of on mouse-over image: an enlargement of the stamp can appear when the mouse is moving over the image, the enlargement disappearing when the mouse leaves the area of the image. For these images, we shall write on mouse-over below or above the image.

Stamps stemming from sheets

Stamps without phosphorescent bands produced on TD6 presses

 

Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a TD6 sheet. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears showing that perforations are not guillotined, which proves that the stamp comes from a sheet (the indication T.D.6-4 on the sheet margin confirms this fact).

 

Cover with a stamp 0,50F Marianne de Béquet attached to the right corner of a sheet with a dated block (this stamp comes from the 18th printing with the cylinder T). On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears.

Cover with a stamp 0,50F Marianne de Béquet attached to the left corner of a sheet with a number in the margin. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears.


 

Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a TD6 sheet with a 25F CFA overprint. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears showing that perforations are not guillotined, which proves that the stamp comes from a sheet.

 

Stamps without phosphorescent bands produced on TD3 presses

 

Letter with a stamp stemming from a TD3 sheet. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears showing that
  • perforations are not guillotined, which proves that the stamp comes from a sheet;
  • the sheet margin contains guilloches, which proves that the stamp comes from a TD3 sheet.
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    Stamps with 3 phosphorescent bands produced on TD6 presses

     

    Letter with a stamp with 3 type A phosphorescent bands stemming from a sheet. On mouse-over, a photo under UV of the stamp appears showing the 3 type A phosphorescent bands.

     

     

    Letter with a stamp with 3 type D phosphorescent bands stemming from a sheet. On mouse-over, a photo under UV of the stamp appears showing the 3 type D phosphorescent bands.

     

     

    Letter with a stamp with 3 type B phosphorescent bands stemming from a sheet. On mouse-over, a photo under UV of the stamp appears showing the 3 type B phosphorescent bands.

     

    Stamps stemming from booklets

    Stamps without phosphorescent bands coming from booklets with 10 stamps

    Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a booklet of 10 stamps. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears showing that the perforations of both horizontal edges are guillotined, which proves that the stamp comes from a booklet of 10 stamps.
    Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a booklet of 10 stamps attached to a dated sheet edge. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears.

    Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a booklet of 10 stamps attached to a numbered sheet edge. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears.

    Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a booklet of 10 stamps attached to a sheet edge with an electronic mark. On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears.

    Stamps without phosphorescent bands coming from booklets with 20 stamps

    Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a booklet of 20 stamps.
    On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears showing
  • The booklet margin with the press number (5) and the printing date (25.9.72 ), which proves that the stamp comes from a booklet;
  • that only the perforations of the upper horizontal edge are guillotined, which proves that the stamp comes from a booklet of 20 stamps.
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    Stamps with 3 phosphorescent bands coming from booklets with 20 stamps

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    Hovering image: a letter franked with a 0.50F Marianne de Béquet stamp with 3 type A phosphor bands coming from a booklet of 20 stamps. This image has 3 test areas on the right side of the envelope which, when rolled over with the mouse, appear pinkcoloured and trigger the occurence of a zoom of part of the stamp on the envelope.

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    Hovering image: a letter franked with a 0.50F Marianne de Béquet stamp with 3 type B phosphor bands coming from a booklet of 20 stamps. This image has 2 test areas on the right side of the envelope which, when rolled over with the mouse, appear pinkcoloured and trigger the occurence of a zoom of part of the stamp on the envelope.

    Timbres avec 3 barres phosphorescentes provenant de carnets de 10 timbres



    Hovering image: a letter franked with a 0.50F Marianne de Béquet stamp with 3 type B phosphor bands coming from a booklet of 10 stamps. This image has 2 test areas on the right side of the envelope which, when rolled over with the mouse, appear pinkcoloured and trigger the occurence of a zoom of part of the stamp on the envelope.

    Stamps stemming from coils

    Letter with a stamp without phosphorescent band stemming from a coil.
    On mouse-over, an enlargement of the stamp appears showing that the perforations of the two vertical edges are guillotined, which proves that the stamp comes from a coil.
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    Hovering image: a letter franked with a 0.50F Marianne de Béquet stamp with 3 type B phosphor bands coming from a coil. This image has 2 test areas on the right side of the envelope which, when rolled over with the mouse, appear pinkcoloured and trigger the occurence of a zoom of part of the stamp on the envelope.