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In another letter dated 11 February, he confirmed that Courmont, whose contract had been
renewed for five years, was aware of the trials of the new machines he was set to use, and
that it was he who advised banning the sale of these booklets without advertising.
It is well known to philatelists that Maurice Digeaux also used some of these booklets wi-
thout advertising (among others) later on in order to promote his business:
We even know that he gave out 38 of them free-of-charge to his customers:
Nowadays, the 199 C48 booklet is easy to find and complete. Thus either the administra-
tion finally decided to sell them, or Mr. Digeaux had been supplied in large quantities and
his philatelic customers kept them...
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