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Description: | Louis Napoleon became Emperor Napoleon III in 1852 and his head appears on the stamps of the 1853-61 series.
Many of the early stamps of France exist where one of the impressions is upside-down in relation to those next to it or tête-bechê. These tête-bechê varieties are something of a mystery as it is not known why the plate maker and printer, Anatole A Hulot, produced them in this way.
This 1 franc carmine tête-bechê pair is one of the great rarities of French philately. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Anatole A. Hulot | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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