40c French Telephone Stamp for Algeria

France · 1900 · 40c

The stamp depicts a female telephone operator seated at a switchboard, holding a receiver to her ear. It features the denomination '40c' and the inscription 'REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE TELEGRAPHES ET TELEPHONES'.

Issued by France for its telegraph and telephone services, this stamp was specifically used in Algeria, then a French department. It represents the early era of widespread telecommunications and the administrative reach of the French postal system.