Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 27

France 2024

France

Date of Issue: 10th May 2024

one stamp (1.96 €)


This stamp is issued in a sheet of 15 stamps


Wednesday, March 8

France 2023

France

Date of Issue: 9th May 2023

one stamp (1.80 €)


This stamp is issued in a sheet of 15 stamps

Tuesday, March 8

France 2022

France

Date of Issue: 9th May 2022

one stamp (1.65 €)



This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 9 stamps


Mélusine is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down. Source Wikipedia.
NOTE - The legend of Mélusine is also used by Luxembourg on one of their two Europa stamps, this year!

Monday, March 15

France 2021

France

Date of Issue: 25th May 2021

one stamp (1.50 €)

this stamp will be issued in a sheet of 15 stamps with an illustrated border depicting other endangered animals


Thursday, March 12

France 2020

France

Date of Issue: 11th May 2020

one stamp (1.40 €)

Thursday, March 21

France 2019

France

Date of Issue: 10th May 2019

one stamp (1.30 €)

Friday, April 13

France 2018

France

Date of Issue: 22nd May 2018

one stamp (1.20 €)

Friday, March 31

France 2017

France

Date of Issue: 15th May 2017

one stamp (1.10 €)

Saturday, March 5

France 2016

France

Date of Issue: 9th May 2016

one stamp (1.- €)

Monday, March 23

France 2015

France

Date of Issue: 4th May 2015

one stamp (0.95 €)

Thursday, April 10

France 2014

France

Date of Issue: 4th May 2014

one stamp (0.83 €)

Tuesday, March 19

France 2013

France

Date of Issue: 21st May 2013

two stamps se-tenant (2x 0.80 €)


Wednesday, April 25

France 2012

France

Date of Issue: 21st May 2012

one stamp (0.77 €)

note: this stamp exists also in a self adhesive version

Tuesday, September 20

France 1973 - focus

France

16th April 1973 - common design "Post, telegraph & telephone"
Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles
design & engraving: Pierre Forget
printer: Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciaires (ITVF)

1973 was the last year Europa stamps were issued using a common design. The main reason of this change was the monotony of common designs issues among philatelists. Before the introduction of a common theme in 1974, the CEPT introduced a new rule in 1971, the right to issue a second stamp with a free subject as design. One country who used that new rule from the start was France. Between 1971 and 1973, France issued a second stamp depicting a famous building of a European city (Venice in 1971, Aachen in 1972, Brussels in 1973).

I decided to focus on the 1973 stamp representing the town hall of Brussels. This stamp is part of a 2 stamps set, the other stamp depicting the common design made by the Norwegian artist Leif Frimann Anisdahl. This French stamp has been designed and engraved by the French artist Pierre Forget. He designed many stamps during his live for France, Monaco and Andorra. Besides this issue he is also the author of the 1975 french Europa issue. In 1979 he received the prize for the World's best stamp (!) for for the International year of the child french stamp. You can have a look at all Pierre Forget's stamps on this French stamp database: Phil-Ouest


The town hall of Brussels is a beautiful Gothic building from the Middle Ages. It is located on the Grand Place (market square) in the heart of Brussels' old town. This Saturday this building will be the showcase of the ceremony of the first "Best Europa stamp - Jury prize" ! PostEurop decided to give two Best Europa stamps prizes each year from now on: The Best Europa stamp will be selected as usual through the internet voting (held earlier this year on PostEurop's website) and the winner will be announced in October this year.

Besides this elder prize, a jury of 8 members composed by stamp designers, former philatelic managers and myself will select the stamp which will receive the first "Best Europa stamp - Jury prize" ! Next week you'll know who is the winner !

Wednesday, March 9

France 2011

France

Date of Issue: 9th May 2011

one stamp (0.75 €)

note: this stamp exists also in a self adhesive version




My friend Eric on his blog shows the three other designs of the stamp but who were not selected ! I must admit that I like very much the one with the deer !

Friday, April 30

France 2010

France

Date of Issue: 9th May 2010

one stamp (0.70 €)

Monday, May 4

France 2009

France

Date of Issue: 4th May 2009

one souvenir sheet (2x 0.70 €)

Thursday, December 11

France

France

Capital: Paris
Languages: French
Population: 64,473,140
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .fr
Status: Unitary semi-presidential republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France

La Poste



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1956 ->

Official site: http://actutimbree.laposte.fr/
info: spp@laposte.fr

"France is one of the 6 first countries who issued the first Europa stamps in 1956. They issued each year Europa stamps since that year!

Four French artits designed the common Europa stamps. Daniel Gonzague, for the first ever Europa stamp issue in 1956; Georges Bétemps in 1964, for the 5 years of the CEPT; Jacky Larrivière, 1984, for the 25 years of the CEPT and Jean-Paul Cousin in 2000 in order to celebrate de new millenium."


Monday, March 3

France 2008

France

Date of Issue: 5th May 2008

one stamp (0.55 €)



Note: This stamp also exists as self-adhesive !

Monday, February 26

France 2007

France

Date of Issue: 2nd May 2007

one stamp (0.60 €)

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