Casey Jones Rail Road Unit of the ATA



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TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY

FRENCH GUINEA
(French Guiana)

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KD - French Guinea - Issues 1906, Imprinted stamp shows Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889) the promoter of the Dakar St Louis railway There are other variations of the material and also a 5 cent value - all items are blank on the reverse

1 is a letter card
2 is a complicated folded design of reply paid letter card
3 is a plain envelope (also exists in a larger size)
4 is a reply paid postcard but a note from the original French collector who purchased them in April 1914 says the two reply cards were sold separately as ordinary post cards, not as a joined pair (!)

 

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