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It was first released in 1892, with later releases featuring new color schemes and surcharged values.
It was first released in 1892, with later releases featuring new color schemes and surcharged values.


[[Image:Gabon 30c surcharged.jpg|right|120px|A Nagigation & Commerce 30-centime value from Gabon, [[Overprint|surcharged]] 05 in red]]
[[Image:Gabon 30c surcharged.jpg|right|120px|thumb|A Nagigation & Commerce 30-centime value from Gabon, [[Overprint|surcharged]] 05 in red]]





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The Navigation and Commerce Issue is a series of French postage stamps issued for the colonial territories of France. It is the first series of territory-specific postal releases. The issue uses a standard design, with an empty space for the imprinting of the territory name.

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A Navigation & Commerce 4-centime value from Ivory Coast

It was first released in 1892, with later releases featuring new color schemes and surcharged values.

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A Nagigation & Commerce 30-centime value from Gabon, surcharged 05 in red