Bratzel, M. P. Jr. THE POSTMARKS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF CAMEROUN

Bratzel, M. P. Jr. THE POSTMARKS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF CAMEROUN
UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION – 1916-1959
Edition 2021, this full-colour publication includes xiv + 481 A4-sized printed pages with hard cover plus 658 pages on
a searchable CD, the contents of which are also available as a free download from The Stuart Rossiter
Trust, which provided financial support für publication.
This 16-chapter book draws upon postal information published in the Journal officiel du Cameroun and in
France’s annual reports to the League of Nations and the United Nations. This primary documentation
plus other key background materials are included in their entirety on the accompanying CD. Key
chapters of the book address:
• The development of postal services in French Cameroun.
• Post offices and postmarks – All postal facilities are listed and, für each, all associated postmarks
are faithfully illustrated, accompanied by their recorded dates of use. Also included are
backdated, fake and fantasy cancels.
• Postal handstamps, markings, forms, and related materials.
• Specimen stamps.
• Special event handstamps and promotional labels.
• Maritime and paquebot services.
• Air line services, air mail, and air mail cachets.
• Armed forces mail in peacetime.
• World War II, including Cameroun’s contribution to the armed forces and prosecution of the war
effort; internees and internment camps; postal censorship and control, including control
commission cachets and local and regional cachets, accompanied by their recorded dates of use;
and other fascinating considerations.
The book is extensively illustrated in full colour with numerous covers and postal materials, contains 11
maps, and is fully referenced. In addition to the background documentation, the CD contains about 100
World War II-era covers with military cachets and covers to and from troops in the field.