Madagascar Stamp France Libre

Thank you for that post, Perf12.

I'd like to add one of these overprints with a bit of a question.

In 1939 virtually all French colonies issued a pair of stamps with a common design to celebrate or promote the 1939 New York World's Fair.
The pairs consisted of a red lower denomination stamp most often 1.25F and blue higher denomination stamp usually 2.25F.

In 6 of the 24 colonies which had the joint issue, there were then Free French overprints made during the War using various typographical elements and slogans. Five of the six colonies overprinted both stamps in the pair. Some colonies even issued several varieties of overprint but it was always on both.

But Madagascar - the sixth overprinting colony - only overprinted the higher denomination stamp below. I am curious to one day find out why. Perhaps all the other Madagascar overprints supplied sufficient quantities in the needed variety of denominations, but I do not see another Madagascar overprint at 1.25F denomination. Maybe stocks of the lower denomination 1.25F red (Sc. 209) of this design were exhausted at the time the overprints were done on Sc. 210 to make it this Sc. 240.

1942 Sc.240/Y&T 238

I suppose it could be for the reasons you mentioned.
For instance Scott types A9 or A14 have few FRANCE LIBRE ovpts.
Low stock of certain stamps.
Perhaps an additional 1F.25 stamp was not needed.?..
Also these stamps with overprint only started circulating from january 1943.

As far as I recall from Maury, the stamps that were in stock were overprinted. In addition, an aeroplane carrying stamps intended to be sold in London to aid the Free French crashed in Algeria, and the stamps on board were destroyed.

Madagascar,Fort Dauphin cover 1944

Madagascar stamp British Administration censored cover 1942
Mahanoro 17 nov. 42/Tamatave 25 nov. 42

Farafangana 12 Mai 43/ Tunisia
Madagascar under Frech administration.
Letter transited through Tananarive.Most likely then through Nairobi and onwards to Cairo (Censor markings).
Unfortunately I can't make out some of the cancels.

Antsirabe 15 Dec 1942 / Lowell,Mass USA apr. 15 1943
15 dec. Dec. 1942 Madagascar was under British postal administration.Passed by censor violet oval handstamp and bands.At this time,mail for the USA went through South Africa.

Majunga 23 Nov 43 / Arrival Cotonou Dahomey 18 juil 44 -Savé 18 Juil 44
French & British military censored.

Very interesting post thanks for sharing

Dianne

Diego Suarez 18 mai 45/Marseille.Transit through Tananarive
The cover was mailed from Diego Suarez which in early 1945 was still under British military administration.British censor stamp on the reverse.

British Military Administration censored cover Diego Suarez 27 oct 43/transit Tamataves 5 nov 43/arrival Saint Denis,Reunion 10 nov 43