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1950 France Block Of 8 Cancel Question

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Posted 01/11/2023 11:15 am

I have this block in my WW block collection, cancelled in Saint Etienne, Loir from 1950. I can find this town on a map, but I was wanting to know what the "R P" in the cancel means. I read on Wikipedia that this town has 5 railroad train stations, so this might be a railway post cancel? Just a wild guess, probably not.

Just wondering what this R P means.

Linus

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Posted 01/11/2023 11:44 am

RP = Recette Principale (something like GPO)

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Edited by vayolene - 01/11/2023 11:52 am

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Posted 01/11/2023 11:49 am

Ah, St-Etienne - a legendary name to ancient football fans like me!

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Posted 01/11/2023 12:03 pm

Thank you vayolene, for that information.

Linus

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Posted 01/11/2023 12:38 pm

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Ah, St-Etienne - a legendary name to ancient football fans like me!

Les Verts!

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Posted 01/11/2023 1:51 pm

Sounds like the French version of Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the Packers!

Did France have railway post office cancels? Surely, they must have had them.

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Posted 01/11/2023 4:15 pm

Indeed

This is the key site for French cancellations

http://www.marcophilie.org/

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Posted 01/11/2023 4:35 pm

Added this link to my bookmarks, thank you very much GeoffHa!

Linus

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