Maximum Card Jean Laborde – 60th Death Anniversary (1940)

Country: Madagascar (French Administration)

Issue: Jean Laborde – 60th Death Anniversary (55c Stamp, 1938 Issue)

Date of Issue: July 6, 1938

Postmark: Circular Date Stamp (CDS) – TANARARIVE R. GALLIENI – 10 JUN 40 The cancellation features a non‑standard spelling (“Tanararive”) instead of the official “Tananarive,” a notable postal variety but still attributable to the capital city of Madagascar.

Postcard: Monochrome printed portrait of Jean Laborde, executed in a line‑engraved illustrative style with accompanying caption and reference to his year of death (1878). (Edition unknown)

Justification of Maximum Concordance :

This maximum card maintains full thematic concordance: both the stamp and the postcard portray Jean Laborde, the influential French industrialist and political envoy whose work significantly shaped Madagascar during the mid‑19th century.

The geographic concordance remains valid despite the orthographic anomaly in the cancellation. Although the postmark reads “TANARARIVE”, this is clearly a postal error or variant referring to Tananarive (modern Antananarivo), the historic administrative capital of Madagascar and a location directly connected to the figure honored in the stamp issue. Postal marking varieties of this type are documented in colonial issues and do not compromise geographic alignment.

The temporal concordance is fully satisfied: the cancellation dated 10 June 1940 falls well within the postal validity period of the 1938 commemorative issue, ensuring legitimate chronological alignment for maximaphily purposes.