100 Years of "La Semeuse"

5c. Orange (Yv.158) was issued on 30th June, 1921 and withdrawn in 1924. Intended for internal printed matter, it served as a complementary value. Sheets and booklet stamps (without adverts) were printed by flat plate, and coils were printed by rotary press.

50c. Blue (Yv.161) was issued on 30th June, 1921, in sheets of 150 stamps and in coils, printed by flat plate. It served as the new foreign letter rate, being replaced by the Pasteur 50c.in 1923.

10c. Green (Yv.159) was issued in February 1921 and withdrawn in 1929. This was the first French stamp to be printed by rotary press, on 4th March 1922. It was also printed by flat plate, in sheets and booklets.

30c. Red (Yv.160) was issued on 31st January, 1922 and served as the foreign postcard rate until it was replaced by the Pasteur 30c. in 1923.

60c. Lilac (Yv.200) was issued on 17th June, 1924 only to be withdrawn in 1925 when new tariffs made it redundant. It was subsequently issued in pre-cancelled form surcharged 55c. in August 1926, for use by shops in the Louvre for postage on their catalogues (with a pre-cancelled 10c.). It was surcharged 50c. in July 1927 (Yv.223).

65c. Rose (Yv.201) was issued on 1st October 1924, and withdrawn on 17th July, 1925. Remaining stocks were surcharged 50c. in August 1927 (Yv.224).

85c. Red (Yv.204) was issued on 9th July 1924. Withdrawn in 1926, and remaining stocks were surcharged 50c. (Yv.221)

30c. Rose (Yv.191) was issued on 6th January, 1925, replacing the 30c. Red Pasteur and Milon de Crotone. It was printed by flat plate in sheets of 150 and booklets, and by rotary press, and used for the ordinary internal letter rate until the tariff was increased in July 1925.

30c. Blue (Yv.192) issued in August 1925, served for the franking of ordinary internal letters until the rate was increased again in April 1926, and then for internal postcards. It was printed in sheets and coils by rotary press, and in booklets and on postcards by flat plate. It was replaced by the 30c. Green Pasteur, and remaining stocks were surcharged 25c. in 1926.

40c. Brown-Olive (Yv.193) was issued in August 1925 and withdrawn in May 1926. It was printed in flat plate sheets and booklets, and rotary sheets.

1f. 05 Vermilion (Yv.195) was issued in November 1925. It was intended for the franking of internal registered letters, but the change in tariffs made it redundant, and it was withdrawn in May 1926. Remaining stocks were surcharged 50c. in 1927.

80c. Red (Yv.203) was issued in November 1925, and withdrawn in April 1926. This new complementary value was only printed on rotary press. Remaining stocks were surcharged 50c. in 1927 (Yv.220).

15c. Brown-Lilac (Yv.189) was issued in January 1926, printed until 1936 and withdrawn on 20th March 1939. First used for the franking of postcards of 5 words or more, it subsequently served a variety of uses. Sheets and coils were printed by rotary press, booklets and postcards by flat plate.

50c. Olive-Green (Yv.198) was issued on 22nd January 1926, and was printed by flat plate and by rotary press. It was withdrawn in September 1926. It was intended for the franking of internal letters of the second weight band of 20-50gms.