Hello Manuel, Thanks for your response but my responses may not satisfy you : 1. there is no half mark known in France at any time; the newspaper rate in France was 1 centime, there has never been a half centime for anything in France, whilst there was for Mexico with the half real from 1856 until its replacement by the 7centavos Maximilian reduced to 6 centavos with the 1868 issue. 2. newspaper was named "Le Gaulois" as indicated on the label and was avery famous Parisian newspaper. Le label was taken off the paper too voluminous probably. So not much progress I am afraid ! Thanks anyway for your input.