France 1 centime stamps

As noted in the parent page, the plan of showing all the French 1c and 1f stamps as a concise and representative sample of the whole does not work, The lottery of postal rates, inflation and revaluation has meant that 1 centime has often been too low in value to register and 1 franc has been the actual postal rate too often for the number of stamps to be manageable. I abandoned the plan when I encountered the rather tedious annual 1f French Art series of the '60s and early '70s and thereafter 1f seems to have been the standard postal rate and so every other stamp was of this value. I will therefore revert to the original plan of definitives only.

	1 centime stamps
1860 Sc12 SG42 1c olive-green imperf £140 / £55		Napoleon III Variants SG42 on bluish paper, SG42a on green paper, SG43 deep bronze-green on bluish paper. 1861, SG80 same design, bronze-green on blue Image from eBay
1862 Sc22 SG86 1c olive green perf £16/ £9		Napoleon III SG87 olive-green on greenish paper £120 / £26 SG101b olive-green on greenish paper, inscription redrawn £500
1870 Sc29 SG102 1c olive green £16/ £9		Head with laurel wreath
1870 Sc38 SG145 1c olive green £70/ £75		Ceres Colour and paper variants SG146-148
1872 Sc50a SG185 1c olive-green £26 / £9		Ceres SG186 colour and paper variant
1876 Sc64 SG212 1c £110 / £48		Peace and Commerce Type I
1877 Sc86 SG243 1c black £3/ 55p		Peace and Commerce Type II
1900 Sc109 SG288 1c grey 50p / 30p		"Blanc" 1916 SG353a and 1919 SG354 colour and paper variants
1933 Sc156 SG497 1c olive-bistre 15p / 10p		The first 1 centime La Semeuse, see 1926 for the first 1f example.
1939 Sc353 SG618a 1c brown 10p/ 10p		Mercury
		In 1960 France revised its currency, 1 new franc = 100 old francs.
1960 Sc SG1498a 1c blue and yellow 10p/ 10p		Coat or arms, Niort
1978 Sc1560 SG2210 1c slate black 10p/ 15p		Sabine
		In January 2002 France adopted Euros and cents as its new currency
2002 Sc2849 SG3770 1c yellow 10p / 10p		Marianne

	1 franc stamps
1849 Sc8 SG16 1f orange-vermilion £40,000 / £11,000		Ceres There was an 1862 bright carmine reprint, SG34 £400 Image source Sandafayre.
1853 Sc21 SG72 1f carmine £4,000 / £2,000		Napoleon III 1854 colour variant SG73 deep carmine £5,500 / £3,000 and an 1863 carmine reprint, SG79, £950 Image source Sandafayre.
1876 Sc76 SG224 1f olive green £650 / £7		Peace and Commerce 1884 SG239 pale yellow-green £110 / £5, also illustrated
1900 Sc125 SG306 1f lake and yellow-green £23 / 50p		'Oliver Merson' type 1916 SG369 paper and colour variant
1923 Sc194 SG400b 1f blue £20 / 20p		Pasteur
1926 Sc182 SG425 1f blue £5 / 35p		The first La Semeuse, 'The Sower' on this page. The design was first issued in 1903 on 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 centimes stamps.
1933 Sc277 SG512 1f orange £3 / 20p		Peace 1937 issue in carmine-pink, Sc278 , SG512a £3.50 / 20p
1939 Sc377 SG643 1f green 60p / 10p		Iris 1940 variant in crimson,, Sc378, SG643a 15p / 10p
1941 Sc397-399, Sc407-410 SG679-685 1f overprints see note		Seven 1f overprints on other values, all catalogue at less than £1
1941 Sc417 SG692 1f carmine 20p / 10p		Marshal Pétain
1941 Sc419 SG698 1f brown-lake 15p / 25p		Frédéric Mistral, poet
1941 Sc437 SG718 1f scarlet 10p / 15p		Marshal Pétain
1944 Sc484 SG839 1f violet 10p / 20p		Marianne
1944 Sc? SG855 1f emerald 10p / 10p		Arc de Triomphe
1944 Sc? SG862 1f greenish blue 10p / 10p		Iris
1945 Sc512 SG876 1f lilac 10p / 10p		Marianne
1945 Sc532 SG909 1f carmine-red 10p / 10p		Ceres
1953 Sc SG1123 1f scarlet, yellow, and ultra 10p / 15p		Béarn coat of arms
1953 Sc697 SG1181 1f yellow, vermilion and black 25p / 25p		Poitou coat of arms
1954 Sc736 SG1228 1f yellow, ultramarine and red 15p / 15p		Bourbonnais coat of arms
1958 Sc899 SG1406 1f red, yellow and ultra 10p / 10p		Bordeaux coat of arms
		In 1960 France revised its currency, 1 new franc = 100 old francs. The number of 1f commemoratives and pictorials soon accelerates to volumes outside the scope of these pages. I will restrict the coverage to definitive issues.
1976 Sc1496 SG1905d 1f carmine 55p / 15p		Marianne 1906a coil perforation variant
1977 Sc1570 SG2222 1f bright scarlet 30p / 30p		Sabine Colour variants shown: 1978 Sc2223 emerald 1979 Sc2224 brown-olive There are coil issues of SG2222 and SG2223 wither perforation differences.
1982 Sc1794 SG2455 1f olive-green 30p / 15p		Liberty 1989 SG2455a paper variant £10
1990 Sc2182 SG2910 1f bright orange 25p / 10p		Marianne 1996 SG2944 booklet issue, self-adhesive
1997 Sc2592 SG3418 1f bright orange 20p / 10p		Marianne 1997 SG3438 booklet issue, self-adhesive
		In January 2002 France adopted Euros and cents as its new currency
2002 Sc2861 SG3782 €1 turquoise £1.40 / 35p		Marianne

page started 27th February 2005