<p>Stamp of Algeria; 1955; definitive stamp of the issue "Marianne de Muller" (or "République de l'Espérance") with country name "RF - ALGÉRIE - RF"; stamp drawing with the Marianne looking to right and a sun in background; stamp postmarked<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. 344; Yvert et Tellier: No. 329; Scott: No. 265<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>: carmine rose<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 15 F (Franc)<br><b>Postage validity</b>: from 3 October 1955 until ?<br></p>
<b>Stamp picture size</b> (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 36.5 x 21.0 mm
"Ministère des PTT" of the "Quatrième République française"
scan of original