Return To Catalogue - Gabon 1910 onwards and miscellaneous - France
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Stamps of the French colonies were also used in Gabon, they can be recognized by the cancel 'GAB' with dots, example:
'5' on 20 c red on green '10' on 20 c red on green '25' on 20 c red on green '50' on 15 c blue '75' on 15 c blue
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 5 on 20 c | RR | RR | |
| 10 on 20 c | RR | RR | |
| 25 on 20 c | R | R | |
| 50 on 15 c | RRR | RRR | Only 300 stamps issued |
| 75 on 15 c | RRR | RRR | Only 300 stamps issued |
(Forged cancels and forged overprints taken from a Fournier Album
of Philatelic Forgeries, reduced sizes)
Forged stamps with forged overprint and forged cancel. I suspect
this to be a Fournier forgery; the cancel is "LIBREVILLE 6
AOUT 86" as in the above Fournier forged cancels.
Most likely a forgery of the 75 on 15 c stamp. The basic French
Colonies stamp has different perforation from the genuine stamps!
Another deceptive forgery.
'15' on 10 c black '15' on 1 F green '25' on 5 c green '25' on 10 c black '25' on 75 c red
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 15 on 10 c | RRR | RRR | |
| 15 on 1 F | RRR | RRR | Only 200 stamps issued |
| 25 on 5 c | RR | RR | Only 4000 stamps issued |
| 25 on 10 c | RRR | RRR | |
| 25 on 75 c | RRR | RRR | Only 1000 stamps issued |
Forged overprints (presumably on a genuine basic stamp)
'15' on 5 c black '15' on 30 c black '25' on 20 c black
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 15 on 5 c | RR | RR | Exists with double "TIMBRE": RRR or double "GABON": RRR |
| 15 on 30 c | RRR | RRR | |
| 25 on 20 c | RR | RR | Exists with double "TIMBRE": RRR or double "GABON": RRR |
(Forged cancels and forged overprints taken from a Fournier Album
of Philatelic Forgeries, reduced sizes)
Highly dubious stamp, the cancel if from Renion....
15 c black on pink 25 c black on green
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 15 c | RRR | RRR | Only 1000 stamps issued |
| 25 c | RRR | RRR | Only 1500 stamps issued |
Fournier has made forgeries of these stamps, I have seen these forgeries only with the cancel "LIBREVILLE 20 MAI 89" or "LIBREVILLE 13 NOV 92 GABON-CONGO" as in the next stamps:
(Probably Fournier forgeries)
Fournier offers these 'vignettes' both for 1 Swiss Franc in his 1914 pricelist (as first choice forgeries). The "-" between "Gabon" and "Congo" is too short in these forgeries. Also, in some forgeries, the "5" has a short upper right loop (though not in all his forgeries, he seems to have made several types). The dots in the lower part of the overprint (below "GAB") are less thick than the ones above it in the Fournier forgeries.
Forged Fournier sheets (6 stamps each) as can be found in 'The
Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries' (reduced sizes)
A mystery stamp (probably a forgery) 15 c brown with black value
inscription and 'GAB' overprint. The letters are clearly
different from the genuine stamps.
Another forgery with different lettering; for example the
"S" of "POSTES"
Slightly more deceptive forgery, the accent over the first
"e" of "Republique" is different.
1 c black 2 c brown on yellowish 4 c brown 5 c green 10 c red 15 c grey 20 c red on yellow 25 c blue 30 c brown 35 c black 40 c orange 45 c black 50 c brown on blue 75 c lilac 1 F green 2 F violet 5 F lilac
These stamps have perforation 14 x 13 1/2. For stamps in the same Tablet design, but for other French colonies, click here.
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 c | * | * | Exists with 'GABON' double: RR |
| 2 c | * | * | |
| 4 c | * | * | |
| 5 c | * | * | |
| 10 c | ** | * | |
| 15 c | *** | *** | |
| 20 c | *** | *** | |
| 25 c | *** | *** | |
| 30 c | *** | *** | |
| 35 c | R | R | |
| 40 c | *** | *** | |
| 45 c | RR | RR | |
| 50 c | *** | *** | |
| 75 c | R | R | |
| 1 F | R | R | |
| 2 F | RR | RR | |
| 5 F | RR | RR | |
(Fournier forgery)
Fournier has made forgeries of these stamps, for more information on these forgeries click here.
'05' on 2 c brown '05' (red) on 4 c brown '05' (red) on 15 c grey '05' on 20 c red on green '05' (red) on 25 c blue '05' (red) on 30 c brown '10' on 40 c red '10' (red) on 45 c black on green '10' (red) on 50 c brown on blue '10' on 75 c violet '10' on 1 F green '10' on 2 F violet '10' on 5 F violet
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 05 on 2 c | ** | ** | |
| 05 on 4 c | ** | ** | |
| 05 on 15 c | * | * | |
| 05 on 20 c | * | * | |
| 05 on 25 c | * | * | |
| 05 on 30 c | *** | *** | |
| 10 on 40 c | * | * | |
| 10 on 45 c | * | * | |
| 10 on 50 c | ** | ** | |
| 10 on 75 c | ** | ** | |
| 10 on 1 F | ** | ** | |
| 10 on 2 F | ** | ** | Inverted surcharge: RR |
| 10 on 5 F | *** | *** | |
All the above '05' and '10' surcharges, exists with a variety with more space between the '0' and '5' or the '1' and '0' (value *** to RR).
Gabon 1910 onwards and miscellaneous