Broken chains Symbol of the liberation of France

Broken Chains type stamps, such as the Marianne de Dulac, but especially the Marianne d'Alger and the Rooster of Algiers with which they constitute a complete tariff scale, are intended to replace all the stamps in circulation under the Vichy regime, and in particular those bearing the effigy of Philippe Pétain, demonetized.

Symbolically marking the re-establishment of the Republic, these stamps are the first to bear the legend “French Republic” and the Cross of Lorraine