France 1940 Peace type. Y&T n° 478, 478-b. Panels of 2x50 stamps of 50cts on 55cts violet, with staggered overprint creating the following varieties: 11 pairs with holding not overprinted, 4 pairs with the bars alone overprinted holding to normal, for the upper half of the sheet. And three non-overprinted pairs in the left block of 25, and three pairs with interpanel. The right block of 25 is cut vertically. Both panels are ** and with Pascal SCHELLER certificate.