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Allied Military Government issues

France was liberated starting with D-Day, June 6, 1944.  AMG stamps were issued later in the year and were in use until superseded by stamps of the Free French government in 1945.

The stamps are denominated in the French currency, centimes and francs.

The stamps were printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC.  The plate number fonts and positioning are similar to those used on the U.S. Documentary stamps of the same period.

First series, single colors, 1944

  Scott 2N1, 5 centimes, plate number 45440 T

  Scott 2N2, 10c, plate number 45474 T

  Scott 2N3, 25c, plate number 45442 B

  Scott 2N4, 50c, plate number 45437 T

  Scott 2N5, 1 franc, plate number 45443 T

  Scott 2N6, 1.50 fr, plate number 45444 T

  Scott 2N7, 2.50 fr, plate number 45445 T

  Scott 2N8, 4 fr, plate number 45568 T

  Scott 2N9, 5 fr, plate number 45446 B

  Scott 2N10, 10 fr, plate number 45475 T

Second series, bi-colored, denominations in black, 1945

The second series required two plates.  Plate 45891 was used to print the different colors for the Arch de Triomphe, with separate plates used to print each denomination in black.  BEP would later do something similar with the final U.S. postage due series, using common plates for the background with a separate process for the denominations.

Scott 2N11, 30c, plate number 45891 T and 45965 R

Scott 2N12, 40c, plate number 45891 T and 45966 R

Scott 2N13, 50c, plate number 45891 T and 45967 R

Scott 2N14, 60c, plate number 45891 T and 45968 R

Scott 2N15, 80c, plate number 45891 T and 45923 R

Scott 2N16, 1.20 fr, plate number 45891 T and 45931 R

Scott 2N17, 1.50 fr, plate number 45891 T and 45924 R

Scott 2N18, 2 fr, plate number 45891 T and 45962 R

Scott 2N19, 2.40 fr, plate number 45891 T and 45925 R

Scott 2N20, 3 fr, plate number 45891 T and 45963 R

All AMG PNS images courtesy of Wallace Cleland.

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