<p>Stamp of Algeria; 1949; definitive stamp of the issue "Coats of Arms of Algerian Towns"; stamp motive with the old coat of arms of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Algiers" title="Category:Algiers">Algiers</a>; mint stamp<br><ins>Note</ins>:<br>
According to the French constitution of <time class="dtstart" datetime="1946-09-29" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">29 September 1946</time> was Algeria a "General Governorate" as well as a province of the "Union Française" (with access of the Muslim Algerians to all public civile and military offices since <time class="dtstart" datetime="1947-09-20" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">20 September 1947</time>).<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 276; Yvert et Tellier: No. 271; Scott: No. 225<br><i>(In the most important catalogues is used "DZ" as country code for Algeria according to the ISO 3166-1 standard.)</i><br><b>Color</b>: black / red<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 15 F (Francs)<br><b>Postage validity</b>: from 1949 until -03<br></p>
<b>Stamp picture size</b> (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 17.0 x 21.0 mm
"Ministère des PTT" of the "Quatrième République française"
scan of original