ncipality of Monaco has also issued a similarly
overprinted stamp for the French Red Cross (_Fig._ 152), and yet
another of this class of stamp has been issued for the French
Protectorate in Morocco (_Fig._ 153).

[Illustration: 153 154]

Special postcards have been furnished to the French troops and
there is a special postcard for the use of the public in writing to
soldiers. They are decorated with the flags of the Allies in colours,
and the first kind, "Mod[`e]le A," bear instructions to the effect
that "This card must be handed to the Quartermaster. It must bear no
indication of the place of sending nor any information relating to
military operations, past or future. Otherwise it will not be
forwarded."

On "Mod[`e]le B" (_Fig._ 154), for the use of the public, it is stated
that "if it is to be forwarded immediately the card shall contain
_personal news_ only." Messrs. Alfred Smith & Sons report the
existence of an unofficial imitation of "Mod[`e]le B" sold in the
streets of Paris. It differs from the genuine variety in the following
details:

(i) The flags are misplaced so that the French flag leans over
to the right, instead of being vertical;

(ii) The red and blue colours are shaded with black lines
only, instead of white and black lines;

(iii) The ruled line at the back is plain, instead of being
composed of square dots.

There is also a variety of plain letterpress cards, headed
"CORRESPONDANCE MILITAIRE--REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE--CARTE POSTALE", and
other textual inscriptions, or in some cases with only the first two
words, with an arrangement of space for the address.

[Illustration: 156]

Many military postmarks have already been noted by collectors in
connection with the present campaign, but it is too early yet to
arrange them with proper regard to their use and significance. One
interesting episode is marked by the postmark of the Central Military
Postal administration of Paris (_Figs._ 155, 156). This establishment
accompanied the French Government when the latter moved to Bordeaux on
September 3, and continued to use the postmark inscribed Paris there,
so that impressions of _Fig._ 155 bearing dates between September 3
and October 13 (the date of the return to Paris) originated not in
Paris, but in Bordeaux.

[Illustration: 155 157 158 159 160 161 162]

A somewhat pathetic interest attaches to the mark _Fig._ 157
indicating "LIEU DE DESTINATION ENVAHI" (place of des