Annam and Tonkin
Handstamp Overprints on French Colonial Issues
A&T Handstamp on French Colony Issue.
France established a protectorate over Annam and Tonkinin 1883. The general issue stamps for French colonies were first used in 1885. Handstamped stamps surcharged A & T with new values were issued on January 21, 1888. The following year the first stamps for Indo-China were issued for use in Cambodia, Cochin China and Annam and Tonkin.
Location of Annam and Tonkin from the Scott International Postage Stamp Album Twentieth Century 1901-1908
Bibliography
"Annam and Tonkin." Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. 1997.
Rossiter, Stuart and John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald and Co., 1986.
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