International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Tunisia

Tunisia 3 The first meter was used in 1932 during period of French control. The country achieved independence in 1960. The stamps are grouped according to political inscription and use: A - French Protectorate: Inscribed TUNISIE B - Independent Tunisia, with Arabic inscription over TUNISIE PO - Special stamps generated only by Post Office meters GROUP A: French Protectorate, frank inscribed “TUNISIE” left|170px A1. Havas “Grandjean” (FV-6). 12px[$35] Small, upright frank with simulated perforation frame open at center of both sides. “POSTES” curved above M# at bottom. M# “B.0345” known. TM: SL Values known: 12px15F , 30F left|490px A2. Havas “C” (MV). As Type A1 but M# with different prefix. With or without 4-digit impression counter number high above slogan / TM line. TM: SL A. M# with "C" prefix B. M# with "CW" prefix 12px[$10] C. M# with "CG" prefix V/F: 12px ★oo 12px ★0oo 12px ★00oo 12px ★00F 12px ★Foo 12px ★000F a. Solid bar in place of town line (C.0004) 12px[$15] b. As B, date only without town name 12px[$15] c. Field of vertical dashes in place of impression counter number left|320px A3. Havas "K" (MV). “POSTES” straight. A. M# with "K" prefix 12px[$5] B. M# with "KG" prefix TM: SL stacked at left V/F: 12px ★00. 12px ★0.oo left|465px A4. Havas "M" (MV). 12px[$10] Larger frank, wider than tall. A. M# with "M" prefix B. M# with "MG" prefix TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000F left|490px A5. Satas "C" (MV). As Type A1 but M# with different prefix. A. M# with "SC" prefix B. M# with "SCW" prefix TM: SL V/F: 12px ★00F 12px ★000F 12px ★0.oo 12px ★00.oo left|490px A6. Satas "D" (MV). As Type A1 but M# with different prefix. M# with “SD” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000F left|490px A7. Satas "E" (MV). As Type A1 but M# with different prefix. M# with “SE” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000F 12px ★000 GROUP B: Independent Tunisia, dual country inscription in both Arabic and French left|490px B1. Satas “C” (MV), 1960. 12px[$5] As Type A5 but with bilingual inscriptions. M# with “SC” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000 left|490px B2. Satas “D” (MV). As Type A6 but with bilingual inscriptions. M# with “SD” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000F 12px ★000 a. Three-bank Value Figures: 12px 000 left|490px B3. Satas “E” (MV). 12px[$5] As Type A7 but with bilingual inscriptions. M# with “SE” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000 left|450px B4. Havas “M” (MV). As Type A4 but with bilingual inscriptions. M# with “M –“ prefix. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000 left|315px B5. Satas “R” (MV), 1967. Single circle town mark. M# with “SR” prefix. V/F: 12px ★000 a. Unengraved TM with square in center for date. b. Without frank frame. Town mark, value figures and slogan only left|310px B6. Satas “J” (MV). As Type B5 but date figures taller and M# with “SJ” prefix. Value figures widely spaced. TM: SC V/F: 12px ★00 12px0000 left|310px B7. Havas “P” (MV). Date figures short, without hour. M# with “P.” or “PS” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 12px ★000 left|312px B8. Postalia “D2/D3” (MV). Large upright frank. M# with “P” prefix at bottom center. TM: SC V/F: 12px000 12px0000 left|330px B9. Postalia “MS5/WK4” (MV). As Type B8 but date figures are taller, and the spacing between the TM and frank is wider. M# with “F” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px0000 left|290px B10. Pitney Bowes-GB “5000” (MV). 12px[$5] Square frank with M# breaking bottom frame line. “TUNISIE” above “POSTES” at top of frank. Date figures are raised in relation to value figures. M# with “PB” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px ≋000 left|290px B11. Pitney Bowes-GB “6300” (MV). Similar to Types B5-B7, but frank not quite as tall. Date and value figures are on the same level. M# with “PB” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px ≋000 left|340px B12. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV). Wide frank with complete simulated-perforation outer border. “TUNISIE” at bottom above M# which breaks frame line. M# with “H” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px0000 left|350px B13. Pitney Bowes-GB “6600” series (MV). Large, square frank. Value figures widely spaced. M# with “PB7” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px ≋000 left|320px B14. Pitney Bowes-GB “A/B900” (MV). Similar to B13 but smaller and wider than tall. Value figures and meter number relatively large. M# with “PB2” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px 00,000 left|300px B15. Pitney Bowes, model unidentified (digital). Similar to B14 but slightly taller. Value figures are more tightly spaced. "TUNISIA" and "POSTES" larger. M# with “PB1” prefix. TM: DC with widely spaced date figures V/F: 12px 00,000 left|300px B16. Neopost, model unidentified (digital), 2008. Nearly square frank spaced very closely to the town mark. "TUNISIA" at top is quite large. M# with “F” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 12px 00,000 GROUP PO: Special stamps generated only by Post Office machines left|170px PO1. Havas “C” (MV), 1940s. 12px[$25] “TUNISIE” alone at top. Used for Registration. Printed on yellow adhesive labels with large “R” at left. M# “CR 003” known. TM: SL V/F: 12px ★000F left|330px PO2. Satas “P” (MV). Similar to Group B types but without meter number. Date figures tall. Hour figure with small “H” between TM and frank. TM: SC V/F: 12px ★000 left|290px PO3. Camp “PR” (MV). “TUNISIE” alone at top. With hour figure between TM and frank; spacing very narrow. M# with “PR” prefix. Printed on plain white adhesive labels. TM: SC V/F: 12px ★ 0 0 0 left|290px PO4. Camp (MV). As Type PO3 but with bilingual inscriptions, “POSTES” at top, “TUNISIE” at bottom. Hour figure between TM and frank. TM: SC V/F: 12px ★ 0 0 0 left|290px PO5. Camp (MV). Similar to Type PO4 but “TUNISIE” at top and “POSTES” at bottom. Hour figure between TM and frank. TM: SC V/F: 12px ★ 0 0 0 a. “H” alone, without hour number between TM and frank (shown) left|330px PO6. Neopost (digital), 2014. Frank wider than tall. “TUNISIE” at top, “POSTES” reading up at left, M# at bottom. M# with "N" prefix. TM: DC V/F: 12px 00000 left|410px PO7. Sercem "MIVA" (digital), 1996 or earlier. 12px[Probably quite rare] Wide self-adhesive label with underprint of round ornaments in pale citron. The frank is at right and is similar in shape to the TMs with Types PO2-5 but is without Arabic inscriptions. “REPUBLIQUE/ TUNISIENNE” is at top, “POSTES” above an ID number is at bottom. The town mark is square with the Post Office identification at top. Running through the center of both the TM and frank are the date, hour, and value figures. The one stamp reported has solid blocks appearing in several places in the stamp. The blocks obscure parts of the Post Office identification and value figures. They may have been generated by a malfunction. This stamp was used for registered mail and has a large "R" and framed "AR" in black at far left. M# 1000 G 25 TM: SL V/F: 12px 00000? right|585px NOTE: The blue postmark shown at right appears to be a digital Neopost meter stamp but it is actually a cancellation mark. Within the rectangle is a postal logo above LA POSTE TUNISIENNE and nothing else. Return to main catalog ⇒ ../ Return to top ⇒ Tunisia