Quick Identification
1860-1900
1901-1940
The Issues
1860
First Issues, first transfer.
1864
Second transfer.
1866-1869
Third transfer.
1867
Fourth transfer.
1880
New denominations.
1881
New design, supplementary denomination.
1882
New supplementary denominations, numerals.
First Postal Due issues, surcharges on 1885
issue.
1885-1892
New regular issues, numerals.
1889
Redraw of one1885 issue.
1892
First regular pictorial issues.
First postal dues, surcharges on 1885 regular
issues.
First official issues, overprints on 1892
regular issues.
1893
First regular surcharge on a 1892 issue.
First registration issues.
New Postal Due issues.
Official issue, overprint on the 1893
surcharged regular issue.
1894
First triangular stamps.
New registration issues, surcharges on first
registration issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1892 regular
issues.
1896
New regular issues.
1897
New regular issues.
1898
New official issues, overprints on 1897 regular
issues.
1900
New regular issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1900 regular
issues.
1901-1902
New regular issues, "ORDINARY"
handstamped and "OS" overprints
on 1892-1900 regular issues
(some scarce to very rare).
New regular denomination of 75˘, surcharges on
regular and official issues.
1903
New regular denomination.
New regular issues, surcharges on 1892 regular
issues.
New registration issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1903 regular
issue.
1904
New regular issues, surcharges on 1892 regular
issues.
New official issues, overprints and surcharges
.
1905
New regular issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1905 regular
issues.
1906
New regular issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1906 regular
issue.
1909
New regular issues.
New regular issue, surcharge on a 1906 regular
issue.
New official issues, overprints on 1909 regular
issues.
1910
New regular issue.
New official issues, overprints on 1910 regular
issues.
1912
New regular issue.
New official issues, overprints on 1912 regular
issues.
1913
New regular issue, surcharge on the 1897
regular issue.
1914
New regular issues, surcharges on 1906 and 1909
regular issues.
New official issues, surcharges on 1898 and
1906 Official issues.
1915
First regular issues from German printer.
First Semi-postal issues, surcharges on 1912
issue.
The
1915-1918 surcharges
Why so many surcharges?
1915-1916
Surcharges on 1906 and 1909 regular issues.
New official issues, surcharges on 1906 and
1909 official issues.
1916
Surcharges on 1880 regular issues.
First and Last Military issues, surcharges on
1905, 1906 and 1909 regular issues.
1917
Surcharges on 1896 and 1906 regular issues.
New official issue, surcharge on 1906
official issue.
1918
Surcharge on 1912 regular issue.
New regular issues.
New Semi-postal issues, surchages on 1918
issues (Red Cross).
Official issue, surcharge on 1912 official
issue.
New official issues, overprints on 1912 regular
issues.
1919
New registration issues.
1920
Surcharges on 1912 regular issues and 1894
registration issue.
New regular issues.
New official issues, surcharges on 1918
official issues.
1921
Regular issues of 1920 overprinted
"1921".
New registration issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1915-1921
regular issues.
Official issues, overprints on 1915-1921
regular issues overprinted "1921".
1923
New regular issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1923 regular
issues.
1924
New registration issues.
1926
Surcharge on 1918 regular issue.
New official issues, surcharges on 1918
official issue.
1927
Surcharge on 1918 regular issue.
New official issue, surcharge on 1918 official
issue.
1928
New regular issues.
New official issues, overprints on 1928 regular
issues.
1936
Surcharges overprinted "1936" on 1918
regular issues.
Surcharges overprinted "1936" with
six pointed star on 1918 regular issues.
First Air Mail issues, surcharges on 1928
regular issues.
New Air Mail issues.
1937
New regular issues.
1938
New Air Mail issues.
1940
New regular issues.
Last modified: December
28, 2000
Michel Bégin