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Block of 6 stamps - Special Philex Marianne à la Nef

Current price

24.00

Description

A special souvenir sheet celebrating the 65th anniversary of the "Marianne à la nef" stamp will be issued at Paris Philex 2024. Originally issued in 1959, this is the 1st Marianne stamp of the Fifth Republic and one of the few Marianne stamps, and the 1st, printed in 2 colors. General de Gaulle was elected President of the Fifth Republic on January 8, 1959. As the new Republic needed to renew its symbols, Bernard Cornut-Gentille, Minister of Post and Telecommunications, was asked to issue a mass-market stamp as quickly as possible. The painter André Regagnon produced his only postage stamp. Marianne, a full-length effigy of the Republic, appears on the prow of a ship representing the State. Wearing a Phrygian cap, she looks far into the future. The sun rises on the horizon, the south wind swells the sail. The stamp was letterpress printed in 2 colors.

Legal information

Conception Valérie Besser, d'ap. timbre "Marianne à la nef", 1959, dessin André Regagnon, gravure Jules Piel. © Musée de La Poste, La Poste 2024

Information

Commercialisation start date

June 3, 2024

Commercialisation end date

June 30, 2025

Adherence type

Gummed

Printing technique

Letterpress

Number per sheet

1

Permanent value

No

Face value

4.00 €

Philatelic charter family

Special limited edition stamp

Official release date

June 3, 2024

Stamp format

bloc 143 x 210 mm

author

-

Product number

1124133