ALGERIA

Algérie

Return To Catalogue - Algeria, miscellaneous

Note: on my website many of the pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the cd's;
contact me if you want to purchase them: evert@klaseboer.com.

Stamps of France used in Algeria

Before the introduction of stamps in 1924, the stamps of France were used. Those stamps where canceled with the Dotted Lozenge cancel. The followin numbers where used in Algeria:

Small figures in Dotted Lozenge

3710 - Alger
3711 - L'Arba
3712 - Arzew
3713 - Aumale
3714 - Batna
3715 - Blidah
3716 - Bone
3717 - Bouffarich
3718 - Bougie
3719 - Cherchell
3720 - Coleah
3721 - Constantine
3722 - Cellys
3723 - Dely-Ibrahim
3724 - Djidjeli
3725 - Douera
3726 - Mascara
3727 - Medeah
3728 - Mers-el-Kebir
3729 - Milianah
3730 - Mostaganem
3731 - Nemours
3732 - Oran
3733 - Orleansville
3734 - Philippeville
3735 - Setif
3736 - Sidi-Bel-Abbes
3737 - Stora
3738 - Tenez
3739 - Tlemcen
3751 - El Arrouch
3752 - Biskra
3753 - Boghar
3754 - La Calle
3755 - Gudiel
3756 - Guelma
3757 - Lambese
3758 - Milah
3759 - Saida
3760 - Smendou
3761 - St. Denis-du-Sig
3762 - Tebessa
3763 - Teniet-el-Haad
3764 - Tiaret
3774 - El Affroun AND Mouzaiaville
3775 - Ain Benian
3776 - Bou-Medfa
3777 - Marengo
3793 - Miserghin
3795 - Valmy d'Algerie
3846 - Penthievre
3912 - La Maison Carree
4005 - Soukaras
4007 - Laghouat
4104 - Jemmapes
4106 - La Reghaia
4116 - Ain-Benida
4120 - Pont-l'Oued Djer
4122 - Staoueli
4187 - Gastonville
4189 - Lalla Maghrnia
4190 - Tizi-Ouzou
4361 - Bou Tkelis
4362 - Le Tlelat
4363 - Ain-Temouchent
4364 - Relizane
4365 - Assi-Ameur
4366 - Aboukir
4367 - Ain Tedeles
4368 - La Stidia
4369 - Fondouk
4370 - Kouba
4371 - Fort Napoleon
4372 - Dra-el-Mizan
4373 - Rouiba
4374 - Cheragas
4446 - Geryville
4447 - Oued-el-Hamman
4448 - Sebdou

Large figures in Dotted Lozenge

5000 - Aboukir
5001 - Ain Beida
5002 - Ain Beniam AND Saint-Charles
5003 - Ain Tedeles
5004 - Ain Temouchena
5005 - Alger
5006 - L'Arba
5007 - El Arrouch
5008 - Arzew
5009 - Assi-Ameur
5010 - Aumale
5011 - Batna
5012 - Biskra
5013 - Blidah
5014 - Boghar
5015 - Bone
5016 - Bou-Tletis
5017 - Bouffarik
5018 - Bougie
5019 - La Calle
5020 - Cheragas AND Palestro
5021 - Cherchell
5022 - Coleah
5023 - Constantine
5024 - Dellys
5025 - dely-Ibrahim
5026 - Djidjeli
5027 - Douera
5028 - Dra-el-Mizan
5029 - Fondouk
5030 - Fort Napoleon AND Fort National
5031 - Gastonville AND Robertville
5032 - Geryville
5033 - Gudiel AND Guyotville
5034 - Guelma
5035 - Jemmapes
5036 - Kouba
5037 - Laghouat
5038 - Lalla Maghrnia
5039 - Lambesse
5040 - La Maison Carree
5041 - Marengo
5042 - Mascara
5043 - Medeah
5044 - Mers-el-Kebir
5045 - Milah AND Col des Beni Aicha
5046 - Milianah
5047 - Miserghin
5048 - Mostaganem
5049 - Mouzaiaville
5050 - Nemours
5051 - Oran
5052 - Orleansville
5053 - Oued-el-Hammam
5054 - Penthievre
5055 - Philippeville
5056 - Pond de la Qued Djer
5057 - La Reghaia AND L'Alma
5058 - Relizane
5059 - Rouiba
5060 - Saida
5061 - Sebdou
5062 - Setif
5063 - Sidi-bel Abbes
5064 - Smendou
5065 - Soukaras
5066 - Staoueli
5067 - La Stidia
5068 - Stora
5069 - St-Cloud-d'Algerie
5070 - St Denis-de-Sig
5071 - Tebessa
5072 - Tenez
5073 - Teniet-el-Haad
5074 - Le Tlefat
5075 - Tlemcen
5076 - Tiaret
5077 - Tizzi Ouzou
5078 - Valmy
5081 - Beni Mancour
5093 - Ain el Arba
5108 - Sidi-Moussa
5109 - Djelfa
5110 - Bou Kanifis
5111 - Collo
5112 - Duzerville
5113 - Mondovi
5114 - Barral
5115 - Hussein Dey
5116 - Birtouta
5117 - Berrouaghia AND Gue de Constantine
5120 - El Kantours
5122 - Les Trembles
5123 - Perregaux
5124 - Bizot
5125 - Bordj Bou-Arreridj
5126 - Ouled Mimoun AND Lamoriciere
5127 - Gar Rouban
5128 - Daya
5130 - Oued-el-Halleg
5131 - Le Affroun AND Bou Saada
5133 - Kroubs
5134 - Bouguirat
5135 - L'Hilil
5136 - Ammi-Moussa
5137 - Sidi-Ali-ben-Youd
5138 - Oued-Zenati
5140 - Affreville
5141 - Duperre
5142 - Boghari
5143 - Akbou
5144 - Khenchela
5145 - Zemmorah
5146 - Bordj Menaiel
5147 - La Chiffa
5148 - Rebeval
5149 - Le Senia
5150 - Oued-Athmenia
5151 - Birkadem
5152 - Ponteba
5157 - Oued-Slyt
5158 - Oued-Fodda
5159 - Akib-Zamoun
5160 - Attatba
5161 - Ain-Arnat
5162 - Sidi-Brahim
5163 - Oued-Riou
5164 - Henneya
5165 - Ain Fekarin
5166 - Bourkika
5167 - Sidi-Ali
5168 - Blad-el-Hadjadj
5169 - Bordj-Bouira
5171 - Beni Saf
5172 - Bir Rabalou

1924 Stamps of France overprinted 'ALGERIE'

on 'Blanc' type 

  '1/2 Centime' (red) on 1 c grey (ALGERIE red); newspaper stamp, see here
  1 c grey (ALGERIE red)	
  2 c violet-brown			In Collection
  3 c orange				In Collection
  4 c brown (ALGERIE blue)	
  5 c green (ALGERIE blue)	

Surcharged (1928)

  '5 c' (black) on 4 c brown (ALGERIE blue, 1927)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 c on 1 c c c  
1 c vc vc  
2 c vc vc  
3 c vc vc  
4 c c c  
5 c c c  
5 c on 4 c c c   
On 'sower' type (with plane background and background in lines)

  5 c orange (ALGERIE blue)
  10 c green
  15 c green
  15 c brown (ALGERIE blue)
  20 c brown (ALGERIE blue)
  25 c blue (ALGERIE red)	In Collection
  30 c blue
  35 c violet
  40 c olive
  60 c violet
  65 c red (ALGERIE blue)	In Collection
  80 c red
  85 c red (ALGERIE blue)
  1 F 05 red


  30 c lilac (precancelled 'AFFRANCHts POSTES')

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c * c  
10 c vc vc  
15 c green c vc  
15 c brown c c  
20 c c c  
25 c c vc  
30 c - * Only exists pre-cancelled
40 c * *  
60 c * c  
65 c * c  
80 c * c  
85 c * c  
1F05 * *   
On 'Pasteur' type

  10 c green
  15 c green
  30 c red (ALGERIE blue)
  45 c red (ALGERIE blue)
  50 c blue (ALGERIE red)
  75 c blue (ALGERIE red)

On large stamps of France

  40 c red and blue
  45 c green and blue (ALGERIE red)
  1 F red and green
  2 F orange and blue
  3 F violet and blue
  5 F blue and yellow (ALGERIE red)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
40 c * *  
45 c *** **  
1 F * c  
2 F ** * Slightly smaller overprint
3 F ** *  
5 F *** *** Much smaller overprint than on the other values (in red)


30 c with precancel

Many of the above stamps were also issued precancelled (similar to the 30 c shown above): the 4 c, 5 c, 15 c green (semeuse), 15 c green (Pasteur), 20 c, 30 c lilac (semeuse, only issued with precancel), 35 c, 45 c exist.

I suspect that the next stamp has a forged double overprint, the second overprint is of a different type than the first one:


3 c with forged double overprint?

 

1926 Views of Alger, inscription 'POSTES ALGERIE'

Street in Kasbah Mosque of Sidi Abd-er-Rahman

Design fist image
  1 c olive
  2 c brown
  3 c orange
  5 c green
  10 c lilac

Design second image
  15 c brown
  20 c green
  20 c red
  25 c green
  25 c blue (1939)
  30 c blue
  30 c green
  35 c violet
  40 c green

Different design

  45 c brown
  50 c blue
  50 c red
  50 c red (without inscription 'REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE')
  60 c green
  65 c brown
  75 c red
  75 c blue
  80 c orange
  90 c red
  1.05 F brown
  1.10 F lilac

Large sized stamps


Note, that a similar stamp with inscription 'CENTENAIRE ALGERIE' was issued for France

  1 F green and red
  1.25 F blue
  1.50 F blue
  2 F blue and brown
  3 F lilac and orange
  5 F red and lilac
  10 F brown and lilac
  20 F violet and green

Surcharged
  '1/2 centime' (red) on 1 c olive (newspaper stamp)
  '10' on 35 c violet
  '25' on 30 c blue
  '30' on 25 c green
  '65' on 60 c green
  '90' on 80 c orange
  '1 F' on 90 c red (1940)
  '1f10' on 1.05 F brown
  '1f50' on 1.25 F blue

Overprinted with new value, star and crescent (1927)

  '+5 c' on 5 c green
  '+10 c' on 10 c lilac
  '+15 c' on 15 c brown
  '+20 c' on 20 c red
  '+25 c' on 25 c green
  '+30 c' on 30 c blue
  '+35 c' on 35 c violet
  '+40 c' on 40 c green
  '+50 c' (red) on 50 c blue
  '+80 c' on 80 c orange'
  '+1 f' on 1 F green and red
  '+2 f' on 2 F blue and brown
  '+5 f' on 5 F red and lilac

Many of the above stamps were also issued precancelled with 'AFFRANCHts POSTES' in a half-circle.

 

1930 Inscription 'CENTENAIRE DE L'ALGERIE 1830 1930', various designs

  5 c orange (Oran)
  10 c olive (Constantine)
  15 c brown (Alger L'Amiralite)
  25 c black (Alger)
  30 c red
  40 c green
  50 c blue
  75 c lilac
  1 F orange
  1.50 F blue
  2 F red (Touaregs)
  3 F green (Vieil Alger)
  5 F green and red
  10 F brown (Exposition Philatelique international
     de l'Afrique du Nord-1930, ship in harbour)

These stamps are perforated 12 1/2, the 10 F also exists with perforation 11.

 

1936 Various designs

  1 c blue (Halte Saharienne)
  2 c brown (Colomb Bechar-Oued)
  3 c green (Lambese - Arc de Triomphe)
  5 c lilac (Ghardaia - Mzab)
  10 c green (Alger L'Amiralite)
  15 c red (Touggourt - Marabout)
  20 c green (Tlemcen Cimetiere Musulman)
  25 c lilac (Alger - Mosque el Kebir)
  30 c green (design as 5 c)
  45 c blue (design as 20 c)
  40 c brown (design as 15 c)
  50 c red (design as 10 c)
  65 c brown (design as 1 c)
  65 c red (design as 1 c)
  75 c black (design as 2 c)
  90 c red (design as 3 c)
  1 F brown (design as 25 c)
  1.25 F violet (design as 10 c)
  1.50 F blue (design as 2 c)
  1.75 F brown (design as 5 c)
  2 F brown (design as 3 c)
  2.25 F green (design as 1 c)
  3 F red (design as 20 c)
  3.50 F blue (design as 25 c)

 

1937 Inscription 'CONSTANTINE 1837 1937' (all stamps identical design)

  65 c red
  1 F brown
  1.75 F blue
  2.15 F lilac

 

1937 Exposition Internationale Paris 1937

  40 c green
  50 c red
  1.50 F blue
  1.75 F brown

 

1938 'CENTENAIRE PHILIPPEVILLE' (all stamps identical design)

  30 c green
  65 c blue
  75 c lilac
  3 F red
  5 F brown

1940 People

  1 F + 1 F blue and red
  1 F + 2 F red and black
  1 F + 4 F green and red
  1 F + 9 F brown and red

 

1941 New design, landscape, 'POSTES ALGERIE' on top

  30 c blue (with 'RF' in lower left corner)
  30 c blue (without 'RF' in lower left corner, 1942?)
  70 c brown
  1 F red

 

1941 Petain, large sized stamp

  1 F blue

Surcharged
  '+4f' (red) on 1 F brown

Overprinted
  'SECOURS NATIONAL +4f' (red) on 1 F blue

 

1942 Petain, small sized stamp

  1.50 F red

 

1942 Set with arms, many values were issued

 

1944 Marianne and 'rooster'

Marianne
  10 c grey
  30 c lilac
  50 c orange
  80 c green
  1.20 F lilac
  1.50 F blue
  2.40 F red
  3 F violet
  4.50 F brown

Rooster
  40 c red
  1 F green
  2 F orange
  2 F brown
  4 F blue
  10 F black

 

1945 Iris stamps of France, overprinted 'ALGERIE'

  80 c green
  1 F blue
  1.20 F violet
  2 F brown
  2.40 F red
  3 F orange
  '2F' on 1.50(?) F orange

 

1946-47 Marianne of Gandon stamps of France, chain breaker stamps of France etc., overprinted 'ALGERIE'

 

1949 UPU anniversary

  5 F green
  15 F orange
  25 F blue

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer