Feb 26, 2005 20:07
19 yrs ago
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French term

flamme belge

French to English Other Transport / Transportation / Shipping Postal services
Affranchissement du courrier sous flamme belge. Something to do with a postal mark. Absolutely no mention of Belgium in the text
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 belgian post stamping
2 slogan

Discussion

Juan Jacob Feb 26, 2005:
I'm curious... I'm from Belgium, and never heard of it.

Proposed translations

+4
4 mins
Selected

belgian post stamping

it's not typically belgian !!! 'flamme' here means stamp

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-02-26 20:12:30 GMT)
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this word is used with stamping machines

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-02-26 20:13:51 GMT)
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Les machines à oblitérer utilisées - [ Translate this page ]
... 1938 à 1950. SECAP. Caractéristiques, Schéma, Bloc dateur, Continue, Essais, Utilisation.
Flamme à gauche ou à droite (par rapport au timbre à date), ...
www.i-net.fr/marcophilie/tadmech.html - 32k - 24 Feb 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

AS.CO.FLAM.ES. : Initiation à la marcophilie - [ Translate this page ]
... mécanique; Différence entre flamme d\'oblitération et flamme d\'affranchissement ... empreinte
SAVAVA; empreinte FRANKERS et FRANKERS-SECAP; empreinte SECAP; ...
www.ascoflames.net/Initiation.php - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

25-Doubs, département de Franche-Comté (Page 2/2) - [ Translate this page ]
... VILLERS-LE-LAC Flamme secap: 11-6-1955 Montres de qualité. VILLERS-LE-
LAC: 9-2-88 Tourisme Eté Hiver Saut du Doubs Site classé. ...
membres.lycos.fr/trame1/treizieme1_page.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD : Yes - for sure
1 min
Merci
agree Juan Jacob : Ah bon ? J'ai honte !
5 mins
don't please
agree Tony M : Makes sense, inasmuch as many franking marks are a sort of set of wavy lines...
3 hrs
Yes
agree Philippe C. (X)
3 days 3 hrs
Merci
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18 mins

slogan

Flamme in this sense translates as slogan:
flamme (sur une lettre) nf-slogan
so I think it would be more like a short phrase, is it for advertising purposes?
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