Albert
Van Den Bosch |
LIEBIG COLLECTION
Some sets were made for the Americas. English speaking USA and CANADA . There is and always have been a big French speaking community in CANADA. So the company edited also sets with French text on reverse side, all blue with a transversal signature. This set and the following nr 0118 were certainly distributed in the UK , English, black and withe reverse side for Great brittain and BLUE text on rear side for the States and Canada French or English language rear side.
So, it my opinion that BLUE French reverse sides with transversal signature were for distribution in French speaking Canada
there must have been a considerable thinking by management of the Liebig company how to administrate al those different editions for every country ANOTHER bacckside ! This would also make it possible for certain printings all big variations in signatures and colors were there to distinguish distribution for Luxembourg, French Canada and Paris Area ( 10 million only in Paris region ). So all English publications have the transversal signature : Black and white TEXT, with blue or black signature for GREAT BRITTAIN
And BLUE text for the all America on the backside
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