Yvert and Tellier is a merchant of postage stamps and a philatelic publisher French founded in 1896, currently based with Amiens. Its Catalog of stamps is a French reference and one of the international references with Stanley Gibbons, Michel and Scott.

Its Logotype is a circle divided between a snowflake and a smiling sun (what represents the following word game: winter, summer dependant - > Yvert and Tellier).

Founded like printing works for a newspaper Legitimist by Eugene Yvert in 1831, the Yvert House specialized in philately in 1895 under the impulse of the grandson Louis Yvert and his chief printer Théodule Tellier.

History

At the beginning of the Years 1890 with Amiens, the printing works of the Yvert family is had by Louis Yvert grandson of the founder and Théodule Tellier printer chief which ensured the perenniality of the company after the death of the father of Louis. Whereas Louis appreciates little the position of director of the family newspaper legitimist the Echo of the Sum , he discovers the collection of postage stamps thanks to Tellier and a bulletin the Echo of the timbrology that Tellier integrated into the publications of the company.

In 1895, Yvert engages in the philatelic edition with Tellier. In November 1896, it publishes a Catalog of stamps of all the countries and an album which makes it possible to classify the stamps in a reasoned way. The success of the Catalog price list of postage stamps by Yvert and Tellier and of the philatelic material is fast.

In 1900, Yvert and Tellier join Theodore Champion, merchant of Genevese stamps installed in Paris. This one fixes the dimensions of the catalog until its death in 1955.

In April 1913, Tellier withdraws businesses and sells its shares to Louis Yvert. By friendship, it decides that the catalog will continue to bear the name of his/her friend and former associate. During following decades, Yvert prepares its succession by distributing the directions between its two sons and its son-in-law. Henri deals with printing works, Pierre philatelic review, and their brother-in-law Jacques Gervais directs the publisher.

In 1955, Pierre Yvert repurchases the goodwill of late Theodore Champion with the brothers Ladislas and Alexandre Varga. The new business, Old House Theodore Champion, takes the continuation of the expert to fix the dimensions of the catalog Yvert and Tellier. In 2000, this function is withdrawn with Jean Varga, wire of Ladislas: the dimensions from now on are established by groups of expert, according to their field of predilection.

In the years 1970 and 1980, the edition of the catalog is modernized with the Photocomposition and the impression in offset. Years 1990 see the edition of the catalogs of the stamps of France in CD-ROM.

Become the principal reference used in France and one of the international references, the Yvert company and Tellier remain a company had by the descendants of Louis Yvert. Currently, the general president-director is Benoît Gervais, grandson of Jacques Gervais, and the director of printing works is Christophe Yvert, grandson of Pierre.

For the family tree of the Yvert family, to see: Family Yvert.

Editions

Catalog general

With its various catalogs of quotations, Yvert is the principal reference for the stamps of France and several French-speaking countries. Nevertheless, its catalog also includes/understands the transmitters worldwide of the world. With the assistance of the company Theodore Champion, Yvert publishes also a catalog of the stamps emitted during the past year. With the beginning of the year 2000, Yvert and Tellier compiled its pages of quotation of the emitted stamps of 1840 with 1940 in only one volume, entitled Classiques of the world 1840-1940 .

The catalogs include/understand following information: year of emission, image of the stamp and its dimension. A text quickly presents the political regimes of the country and its postal history.

At the beginning, the catalog was organized around three volumes:

Starting from the Years 1970, the inflation of the emissions resulted in dividing into several volumes each volume. At the time of the exit of the vintage edition 2008, the catalog includes/understands 18 volumes:

  • Volume 1, France, 2008
  • Volume 1bis, Monaco, Andorra, and France of overseas, 2008
  • Volume 2.1, French Colonies, 2004
  • Volume 2.2, Countries independent of Africa, Algeria in the Upper Volta, like Kampuchea and Laos, 2006
  • Volume 2.3, Countries independent of Africa, Madagascar in Tunisia, like Vanuatu and Vietnam, 2008
  • Volume 3.1, Western Europe, Germany with Épire, 2006
  • Volume 3.2, Western Europe, Spain in Luxembourg, 2008
  • Volume 3.2, Western Europe, Héligoland in Netherlands, 2004
  • Volume 3.3, Europe west, Portugal in Yugoslavia, 2004
  • Volume 4.1, Eastern Europe, Albania in Poland, 2003
  • Volume 4.2, Eastern Europe, Romania in Ukraine, 2003
  • Overseas, volume 1, Aden in Burundi, 2005
  • Overseas, volume 2, Cayman Islands in Rép.Dominicaine, 2006
  • Overseas, volume 3, Dominique in Guatemala, 2006
  • Volume 6.1, Overseas, Guinea-Bissau in Lesotho, 2000
  • Volume 6.2, Overseas, Lebanon with Nyassaland, 2000
  • Volume 7.1, Overseas, Indian Ocean in Samoa Islands, 1998
  • Volume 7.2, Overseas, Seychelles with Zoulouland, 1998

Catalog revenue stamps

Parallel to its various catalogs of postage stamps, Yvert mentioned a long time the revenue stamps in its catalogs specialized in the beginning of the 20th century, and even published in 1915 the only world catalog of revenue stamps having ever existed.

It also published until 1937 the Catalog of the Revenue stamps of France and Colonies of Forbin. This tradition re-examined the day since 1990: Yvert regularly publishes the Catalog of the revenue stamps and Socio-postal of France , which is the official catalog of the French company of tax philately (SFPF, last edition in 2004). It is regularly updated by the “Commission of the Catalog” of this company, composed French specialists, particularly eminent in this collection.

Others

The study by Yvert of the postage stamps of France and the world is supplemented by a Catalog specialized in the stamps of France which knows specific editions and each time completely re-examined and corrected. It is the reference most easily accessible on the postal history from France before 1900:
  • volume 1 1849-1900 , 1st edition, 1939; 2nd ED. corrected review and, 1975; divided into two volumes, volume 1 on the postage stamps, 2000
  • volume 2 1900-1939 , 1972

Yvert also publishes cédéroms of assistance to the management of collections, including/understanding the database of its catalogs, and sells philatelic material carrying its mark (albums, magnifying glasses, etc).

Yvert and competition

During the 20th century, competition includes/understands the Thiaude catalog and Maury catalogs which cease appearing during the years 1970. At the end of the 20th century and until 2001, the French main competitor of the Yvert catalogs and Tellier are the catalog of the stamps of France of the editor Cérès.

Since 2001, the trading position of the catalogs of stamps of France and overseas of Yvert and Tellier is attacked by the editions Dallay. These last exploit the iconography and the addition of information not appearing in the Yvert catalogs like the name of the draftsmen and engravers, dates of emission and withdrawal, the modifications of the postage rates. Nevertheless, Yvert is maintained thanks to the practice of the philatelists and merchants to make use of classification Yvert (recognized intellectual property of Yvert and Tellier by justice).

Since 2004, the editor reacts commercially to this new competition by lowering the price of his catalog of the stamps of France, by accompanying it by a Cédérom and by enriching the contents by the parts of “end of catalog” (fictitious stamps in 2005).

In March 2005, nevertheless, following a sasine of the Council of competition by Dallay, Yvert and Tellier agreed to sell to competitor editors the right to publish tables of agreement of classifications.

In June 2006, at the same time as the Junior of the Cérès editions, Yvert publishes small Yvert , a catalog of the postage stamps, Airmail and postage-due stamps of France; similar to editions simplified existing in several foreign editors, for example the Junior-Katalog of Michel for Germany. Of reduced format, its price is of 9,90 € (19,90 to 20 € for a usual catalog of France in the three competitor editors).

Nuancier Yvert and Tellier

The nuancier Yvert and Tellier is a table of colors indicating the stamps taken in reference to determine the majority of the nuances allotted to the stamps and their varieties.

The list below includes/understands: the name of the color, country and the number of the stamp according to the catalog of quotations Yvert and Tellier, and finally the subject of the stamp. If he is known, the number in the catalog of the German editor Michel was raised.

  • Slate : Germany, n°362, 80 pfennig Heinrich von Stephan of 1924.

  • Bistre : Portugal, n°213, 7 1/2 centavos Cérès of 1912-1917.
  • Bistre-olive : Germany, n°179, 25 mark Farmers of 1921-1922.
  • Blue : France, n°179, 1 franc Louis Pasteur of 1923-1926.
  • Blue-gray : Portugal, n°241, 13 1/2 centavos Cérès of 1917-1924.
  • Blue-green : Bavaria, n°97, 20 pfennig Louis III, king de Bavière of 1914-1920.
  • Blue-purple : Brazil, Postage-due stamp n°11.
  • Brick : Portugal, n°248, 36 centavos Cérès of 1917-1924.
  • Brown dyed with carmine : Portugal, n°430, 1 escudo Cérès of 1926.
  • Brown-yellow : French Algeria, n°39, 15 centimes Mosque Sidi Abderahmane of 1926.
  • Brown-lilac : Portugal, n°372, 2 centavos Cérès of 1924-1926.
  • Brown-olive : France, n°193, 40 centimes Sower cameo of 1924-1938.
  • Brown-orange : Urugay, n°188.
  • Brown-red : Germany, n°301, 30 million marks of 1923.
  • Brown-russet-red : Madagascar, n°184.
  • Brown-purple : Greece, n°198e, 1 drachma Hermes of 1912-1922.
  • Carmine : Egypt, n°48.
  • Cauldron : Belgium, n°218, 5 francs Albert Ier standard Houyoux of 1921-1927.
  • Gray-brown : Brazil, n°133.
  • Gray-lilac : Portugal, n°228, 1 centavo Cérès of 1923-1924.
  • Gray-olive : French Algeria, n°34, 1 centimes street of the Kasbah of Algiers of 1926.
  • Gray-overseas : Portugal, n°239, 12 centavos Cérès of 1923-1924.
  • Gray-purple : Bolivia, n°100.
  • Yellow : Portugal, n°273, 2 centavos Cérès of 1923-1924.
  • Yellow-bistre : Germany, n°292, 50.000 marks of 1923.
  • Yellow dark : English Eastern Africa, n°136.
  • Yellow-olive : Luxembourg, n°49, 4 centimes Armorial bearings and allegories of 1882-1891.
  • Yellow-orange : Canada, n°108.
  • Dregs of wine : Bavaria, n°185, 75 pfennig Sower of 1920.
  • Lilac : Germany, n°145, 60 pfennig Blacksmiths of 1921-1922 (Michel n°165).
  • Lilac-brown : French Algeria, n°35, 2 centimes street of the Kasbah of Algiers of 1926.
  • Lilac-pink : France, n°190, 20 centimes Sower cameo of 1924-1938.
  • Maroon : Germany, n°141, 25 pfennig of 1921-1922 (Michel n°161).
  • Mauve : Portuguese Guinea, n°187.
  • Ocher : Germany, n°322, 5 billion marks of 1923 (Michel n°327).
  • Olive : Luxembourg, n°48, 2 centimes Armorial bearings and allegories of 1882-1891.
  • Orange : Bavaria, n°99, 30 pfennig king Louis III.
  • Overseas : Greece, n°185, 25 lepta Iris.
  • Rose : Algeria, n°49, 75 centimes mosque of the fisheries with Algiers of 1926.
  • Pink dyed with carmine : Porto-Rico, n°97.
  • pale Rose : Portugal, n°236, 6 centavos Cérès of 1917-1924.
  • Rose-lilac : French Algeria, n°82, 1,10 frank mosque of the fisheries with Algiers of 1927-1930.
  • Rose-red : Italy, n°228, 20 centisimi Jules César of 1929-1930.
  • Red : France, n°160, 30 centimes Sower Red-brown cameo of 1921.
  • : Belgium, n°192, 3 centimes king Albert I {{er}} standard Houyoux of 1921-1927.
  • Red dyed with carmine : Germany, n°244, 200 marks of 1923 (Michel n°269).
  • Orange red : French Algeria, n°50, 80 centimes mosque of the fisheries with Algiers of 1926.
  • Sepia : French Algeria, n°80, 65 centimes mosque of the fisheries with Algiers of 1926.
  • Turquoise : Portugal, n°490, 1 escudo 60 centavos out of 20 escudos Cérès of 1928-1929.
  • Vermilion : Bavaria, n°183, 50 pfennig Sower of 1920.
  • Green-blue : Germany, n°291, 5.000 marks of 1923 (Michel n°274).
  • Green-yellow : Bavaria, n°111, 5 pfennig king Louis III of 1914-1920.
  • Green-olive : Germany, n°210, 8 marks Horn of station of 1922-1923 (Michel n°229).
  • Purple : Portugal, n°211, 2 1/2 centimes Cérès of 1912-1917.
  • Purple-brown : French Algeria, n°46, 45 centimes mosque of the fisheries with Algiers of 1926.

See too

Catalog of stamps

Sources of the article

  • Yvert and Tellier. 100 years of history , ED. Yvert and Tellier, 1996.

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