French Southern and Antarctic Territories

French Southern and Antarctic

Territories stamps

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The French Southern and Antarctic Territories - Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) — form an overseas territory of France, established in 1955, that consists of several groups of islands in the southern Indian Ocean and a sector of Antarctica that is claimed by France. The Antarctic territory is called Adélie Coast (Terre Adélie). It includes the area between 136° and 143° east longitude south of the Antarctic Circle and is about 389,000 km2 (150,200 mi2) in area. A staffed research station is located at Base Dumont d'Urville.

http://www.discoverfrance.net/Colonies/Antarctic.shtml

#C36

Scott: #C36O

Issued: 9.10.1974

Centenary, UPU

Inside #C36: Stamps on Envelopes

#C84

Scott: #C84P

Issued: 3.11.1984

NORDPOSTA

Inside #C84: Pseudo Stamp on Tab

Scott: #158O

Issued: 01.01.1991

Centenary, UPU

Inside #158: Stamps on Envelopes As #C36

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Martin Hirschbühl

#221

Scott: #211O

Issued: 7.8.1995

40th Anniversary of Territories

Inside #211: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #2P

Inside #211: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #6O

(Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán for the scan)

Inside #211: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #5O

1999a

Scott: #258O

Issued: 2.7.1999

Philexfrance'99

Inside #258a: Madagascar #280P

#21 Inside #258b: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #21P

#282 Inside #258c: Madagascar #282P

#C54 Inside #258d: Madagascar #C54O

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi

2005

Scott: #360P

Issued: 02.11.2005

50th Anniversary of first stamp issue of FSAT

Inside #360: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #1O

Thanks to Sergei Divid

Scott: #386P

Issued: 1.3.2007

International Polar Year

Inside #386: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #9O

Scott: #414O

Issued: 01.01.2009

100 Anniversary, Residence de France cancellation

#162 Inside #414: France #162P

2010

Scott: #434O

Issued: 04.11.2010

Autumn Philatelic Salon 2010

Inside #434: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #372O

Inside #434: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #366O

Inside #434: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #398O

Inside #434: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #428O

Inside #434: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #410O

Inside #434: Unidentifiable stamps

Scott: #435O (self-adhesive)

This is the first time that the FSAT has issued a self-adhesive stamp

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #444O

Issued: 04.01.2011

Air Crash on Juan de Nova Island

Front and back of December 7, 1929 crash covers

Inside #444:


Madagascar #83P	Madagascar #100O	Madagascar #144O	Madagascar #145O

Lou wrote: Finally got a scan and could see the cover better. Previously, I had done some research online, and found an auction with two other covers on the same flight, both had 13.50 francs (3 stamps-- 10, 2, 1.50 fr) registered postage from Madagascar to France, so I knew I had to find some combination of that to ID the stamps (and was already sure of the 10 fr). Once I could see the colors of the stamps better, and which had surcharges, I came up with the Sc #s and then found the scans.

What do these crash covers have to do with French Antarctica? The best I can figure is that the mail was forwarded from there to Madagascar, where postage was added. Also, the “crash” was not that much of a crash either! According to the auction notes, the aircraft had engine trouble after take off and landed on Juan de Nova Island. The next day, after repairs were made, the plane took off and went on to France. And for this they issued a set of commemorative stamps!

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #510a-cO

Issued: 20.09.2014

60th Anniversary of First Liason Aerienne Flight

(Madagascar-Tromelin and return)

Inside #510c:

Reproduced on flight covers


Madagascar #C10O	Madagascar #C21O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #549O

Issued: 19.05.2016

Rockhopper Penguin

Inside #549: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #3P

Thanks to Attilio Papio and Prof. Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #635O

Issued: 28.10.2020

Publicize the Post and Philately of the FSAT

detail

sos fr so ant terr 557 2017 Inside #635a: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #557O

sos fr so ant terr 515 2015 Inside #635a: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #515O

sos fr so ant terr 410 2008-- on cover Inside #635a: French Southern and Antarctic Territories #410O

Lou Wrote: This stamp issuing entity has one of the longest names and is a lot of typing, so philatelists have shortened it to FSAT in English and TAAF in French.

On November 1, 2020, FSAT issued two values to publicize the Post and Philately of the FSAT, and one is a very interesting SoS.

Showing are a stamp, Sc #557/2017 with what looks like a flower, but is actually a microscopic marine life called a zooplankton, and next to it is a sheetlet of stamps, Sc #515/2015, depictng a mass of krill, which are tiny shrimp-like crustaceans. Both are important parts of the food chain in the Antarctic waters. Last is a 2009 research ship voyage souvenir cover with Sc #410/2008 for postage.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #707O

Issued: 08.11.2023

The Centenary of the Scientific Expedition to Kerguelen Islands

[Definitive Issue - Precancelled Prices are for Unused/Hinged, type M1] Inside #707 (In margin): France #110P

[Definitive Issue - Precancelled Prices are for Unused/Hinged, type M2] Inside #707 (In margin): France #111aP

Inside #707 (In margin): France #160P

Lou wrote: The s/s, with a single €2,32 non-SoS value, was issued on November 8, 2023 to commemorate the Centenary of the Etienne Peau and son Scientific Expedition to Kerguelen Islands, under the sponsorship of the Museum of Le Havre. The SoS are in the margin on a postcard cancelled with an undated special Iles Kerguelen hand stamp (enlarged at the left of s/s) during the expedition and has a receiving/mailing postmark from Le Havre, France, dated May 23, 1924 after its return. The elephant seal in the lower right was included as Peu's report on the mass slaughter of these animals on the islands for their blubber oils was the reason France cancelled the sealing rights of a foreign company and limited future hunts.

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi and Lou Guadagno

Best website related:

http://www.taaf.fr/rubriques/philatelie/infophil/philatelie_infophil.htm

http://www.taaf.fr/rubriques/philatelie/timbres