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40c denom (#13560) (France usage only)

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Desc: 40c

Currency: French franc (100c=1fr)

Numerical sorting value: 2400


Equivalent denoms: 0.40fr (9)

Users of this denom: Andorra (Fr) (15 stamps, 1931-1983), Anjouan (1 stamp, 1892), Benin colony (4 stamps, 1892-1894), DiegoSuarez (2 stamps, 1892-1894), France (68 stamps, 1850-1983), French offices in China (4 stamps, 1894-1904), French offices in Crete (1 stamp, 1902), Alexandria (2 stamps, 1899-1902), Port Said (2 stamps, 1899-1902), German occupation of France (1 stamp, 1916), Reunion (14 stamps, 1891-1947), French offices in the Turkish Empire (1 stamp, 1902), French Colonies (5 stamps, 1859-1884), French Congo (2 stamps, 1892-1900), French Southern & Antarctic Territories (2 stamps, 1959-1976), Grand Comoro (1 stamp, 1897), British offices in Morocco, French currency (3 stamps, 1917-1935), Mayotte (1 stamp, 1892), Moheli (1 stamp, 1906), NossiBe (1 stamp, 1894), Obock (4 stamps, 1892-1894), Ste.Marie de Madagascar (1 stamp, 1894), Senegambia & Niger (1 stamp, 1903), Tahiti (2 stamps, 1893) Show with all usages

Used by 68 stamps of France: (See all uses as list)

2/3/1850 40c org issue=1849 d=Ceres (1849) imperf
8/17/1853 40c org issue=1853 d=Napoleon III (EMPIRE FRANC) imperf
1862 40c org issue=1862 d=Napoleon III (EMPIRE FRANC) perf=14x13.5
1868 40c org issue=1863 d=Napoleon III (EMPIRE FRANCAIS) perf=14x13.5
11/13/1870 40c org issue=1870 Bordeaux d=Ceres (1870 b) imperf
11/13/1870 40c org issue=1870 regular d=Ceres (1870 d) perf=14x13.5
postage due 1871 40c bl issue=1859 due d=numeral (1859 France) perf=13
1878 40c red issue=Peace&Commerce d=Peace & Commerce var=N under B perf=14x13.5
1880 40c red pc=straw issue=Peace&Commerce UPU d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U perf=14x13.5
postage due 1882 40c blk issue=1882 postage due d=scroll (1882) perf=13
12/4/1900 40c ver<bl issue=1900 d=Liberty & Peace perf=14x13.5
postage due 1917 40c oc=blk on=1908-50c
1925 40c ol issue=1906 d=sower (1906 no ground) perf=14x13.5
postage due 1925 40c rose issue=1893 due d=scroll (1882) perf=13
1926 40c ver issue=1906 d=sower (1906 no ground) perf=14x13.5
1927 40c vio issue=1906 d=sower (1906 no ground) perf=14x13.5
1928 40c ltultra issue=1906 d=sower (1906 no ground) perf=14x13.5
11/17/1930 40c brn issue=Colonial Exposition d=Fachi woman perf=14x13.5
1/1933 40c redvio issue=Peace d=Peace (1932) perf=14x13.5
3/14/1934 40c bl d=Jacquard
6/27/1936 40c dkbrn issue=Lisle death 100th d=La Marseillaise perf=13
7/30/1936 40c redbrn d=Jaures perf=13
9/15/1936 40c ultra issue=Paris Exposition d=herald perf=14x13.5
1939 40c dkvio issue=Mercury d=Mercury (1938) perf=14x13.5
1941 40c ultra issue=1941 Petain d=Petain perf=14x13.5
1/1941 40c redbrn issue=1940 Petain d=Marshal Petain perf=13
1942 40c vio d=Mercury (1942) perf=14x13.5
10/1944 40c bl issue=1944 d=Gallic cock (1944) perf=12
11/1944 40c vio d=Mercury (1942) ovpt=RF oc=blk on=40c-Mercury (1942) perf=14x13.5
12/1944 40c ind issue=1944b d=Marianne (de Dulac)
1945 40c mag issue=1945a d=shield & broken chain
2/12/1945 40c gray&blk issue=1945 Arc d=Arc de Triomphe
1960 40c brnred d=Gallic cock (1954) perf=14x13.5
postage due 1964 40c issue=1964 postage due dt=flowers (1964 France) perf=13
2/6/1965 40c dt=scenic (1964 France) d=Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (Haute Saone) perf=13
4/1/1965 40c prusgrn issue=deportee return 20th d=parade perf=13
5/8/1965 40c issue=WWII victory 20th d=flags perf=13
5/22/1965 40c red&brn&grn issue=Croix de Guerre medal 50th d=medal perf=13
6/5/1965 40c graybl&redbrn issue=scenic 1965 d=Bourges Cathedral Congress of the French Federation of Phil perf=13
5/28/1966 40c brtbl&ind&grn d=cathedral & river at Niort perf=13
11/5/1966 40c issue=kings 1966 d=Vercingetorix at Gergovia perf=13
11/5/1966 40c blk&carbrn issue=kings 1966 d=Bishop Remi baptizing Clovis perf=13
3/4/1967 40c dkbl&rosebrn issue=3rd Congress of the European Broadcasting Union d=EBU emblem perf=13
5/8/1967 40c ind&sep issue=Nungesser & Coli flight 40th d=Nungesser & Coli & L'Oiseau Blanc perf=13
5/13/1967 40c issue=40th Congress of Federation of philatelic societies d=Gouin House, Tours perf=13
7/29/1967 40c issue=Orleans flower festival d=orchids perf=13
10/28/1967 40c dkcar&viobl issue=Lions 50th d=Lions emblem perf=13
11/13/1967 40c issue=kings 1967 d=Philip Augustus at Battle of Bouvines perf=13
11/13/1967 40c issue=kings 1967 d=Hugh Capet elected King of France perf=13
1/6/1968 40c dkslgrn&brn issue=postal checking service 50th d=medal perf=13
(plus 18 more) (See all uses as list)