The cancel is a railroad or train cancel, so the stamp is not a postage stamp but a railroad stamp, or at least part of one. I have no idea why the bottom half would have been cut off other than just plain ignorance.
Both your and Rod's stamps are from the 1923 revenue series. They would both have been rouletted between the two halves and I believe I can see signs of this at the bottom right of your 5 franc stamp.
I believe the cancellation is commercial rather than from a railway. The first line appears to start TYPO-LITHO ... so probably from a printing firm.
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Posted 03/23/2016 7:04 pm
