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Recipient of the 2007 Gilbert Award as the best English-language publication about the philately of France and Colonies. This definitive publication covers all aspects of the postal tariffs of Cameroun under French administration. Collectors of France and of other territories previously under French administration will also find information useful to their area of interest.
* Introduction and Background
* Detailed tariff tables for each class of mail and service – Domestic Tariffs within Cameroun, to France, and within the French Community – International Tariffs – Air Mail – Other Services, including declared value, money orders, debt collection, C.O.D., postal orders, reply coupons, and parcel post
* Profusely illustrated
* Fully referenced
* Plus searchable CD Appendix - .pdf format - 500+ pages of detailed tariff documentation, reproducing the orders and decrees as originally published in the Journal officiel du Cameroun.
vi + 215 pages + searchable CD

A detailed examination of the revenue stamps prepared under wartime conditions in equatorial Cameroun, including analysis of the published literature and of the stamps themselves. The product is the logical assignment of the more than 50 stamps to eight printing dates. The stamps are illustrated in full colour. Official documents are reproduced. Fully referenced.
vi + 47 pages

This publication examines the railroads of Cameroun from when the first rails were laid by the Germans in 1901, during the transition of World War I, through the British and French administrations, and after independence to the present day. Summary:
(1) The plantation railroad networks – their development and demise, plus equipment and rolling stock, with a focus on the locomotive Gouverneur Ebermaier
(2) The mainline railroads – construction and operation, services and schedules, rolling stock, the transition from public to private ownership, and the outlook for future growth and expansion
(3) Other rail lines in the port and the town of Douala
(4) The transport of mail and the railroad postal service – under the German administration, through the Anglo-French occupation of World War I, expansion during the French administration, and into the post-independence period
(5) Railroad postmarks and their recorded dates of use.
Profusely illustrated with 4 maps and 138 photos (including 31 from the… Read More

The postmarks and postal history of Cameroun under French administration. A detailed listing of all post offices, their classification and dates of opening and closure; illustrations of almost 400 postmarks and their dates of use; location map; fully referenced. In French.v + 83 pages

More than ten years in preparation, this publication:
- Thoroughly researches and documents the postmarks and postal history of Cameroun 1960 to date.
- Complements earlier publications about the country under the prior German, British, and French administrations.
- Draws upon all relevant published literature.
- Builds upon extensive information obtained through first-hand visits to, and discussions with postal officials in Cameroun.
- Lists each post office in Cameroun, taking into account name and spelling changes and, to the extent possible, giving the date of opening for each.
- Clearly and accurately illustrates 2,000+ different postmarks and gives the recorded earliest and latest dates of use for each.
- Includes 13 detailed maps showing the location of each post office in Cameroun and connecting postal routes.
- Color photos depict approximately 100 post offices, postal personnel, and postal operations.
- Color illustrations of numerous envelopes, postal forms, and documents representative of… Read More