France - Peace & Commerce 1876, 30c, With Unlisted Company Mark On Reverse - Please Help!

I found this 30c Peace and commerce, Yvert/Maury # 80, with a 'Langer' company mark on the reverse. My Maury list this mark on # 78 and a few others, but not on #80. Does anybody have a better reference for these?



Any help much appreciated

Very nice find Blaamand!

I've not seen these before and hadn't noticed the references or image in Maury.

In Britain similar "underprints" were permitted for a few years until this was stopped in 1882.

Not many organisations used them.

I saw a fine display of the GB ones earlier this year in London.

Hi: Maybe you have this link?two thirds of the way down..
Interesting Yt.57 with Langer.
http://docs.philateliques.free.fr/e...centimes.php

Also this;page 17-18
http://philapostel.net/ppo/docs/gaz...ette_006.pdf

Page 30 of a 46-page pdf of the Mercury Stamp Journal from 1955, found here:

http://www.rfrajola.com/msj/france.pdf

lists the following for Langer, importers from Le Havre:
1863 80c
1870 40c
1871 25c
1872 30c, 80c

There is a lot of information in that pdf regarding French postal history and stamp design and production. It's probably pretty basic for a France specialist, but I thought it was an interesting overview.

Thank you all for the excellent help

@nigelc, thanks, I certainly agree it's a nice find. I was rather excited when I discovered it while examining an old dealers stock. It was among other 30c's and had gone unnoticed by previous owner

@perf12 - thank you for the link, I had not seen the 'gazette' in your last link. Very useful, it lists the 'Langer' on #69 (Type I). Upon further inspection on my stamp, I saw it was indeed a type I. It had been misidentified by previous owner and I was too preoccupied and excited with the company mark to notice. Classic bummer

@cjd - thanks for the Mercury Journal, very interesting indeed - that should be obligatory reading for all interested in classical stamps of France And it confirms the same info as in the gazette. Brilliant.

Still it remains to find a catalog ID for the 'Langer' variety on #69. It's not listed in my Maury - I had hoped it was listed in Yvert Specialized ??