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With its tall, brightly-colored half-timbered houses accented by flower-filled balconies, Colmar is a jewel, seductive in its homogeneity combined with the diversity of its historic center. In 2025, Colmar will host the 98th congress of the French Federation of Philatelic Associations, as the stamp's accompanying vignette reminds us. It evokes another regional treasure: gourmet specialties, from the emblematic kouglof to gingerbread and pretzels. The old town of Colmar is built around the 13th-century collegiate church of Saint-Martin, a major work of Gothic architecture in Alsace. You'll never tire of admiring the medieval half-timbered buildings, often decorated with signs, the oldest of which date back to the 15th century. You can also cruise the canals of Little Venice and stroll through the Tanneurs district, with its original high-rise dwellings, whose attics were used to dry hides. These buildings tell the story of the origins of the city's economic power. On the second floor of the Koïfhus, Colmar's oldest public building (1480), stained glass windows bearing the coats of arms of the cities of the Decapolis evoke this powerful league that united ten free Alsatian cities within the Holy Roman Empire from 1354 to 1679. The Pfister house (1537) and the Maison des Têtes (1609), in the German Renaissance style, like so many other bourgeois houses in Colmar, bear witness to the prosperity of Colmar's merchants. Visitors come from far and wide to contemplate the deeply moving Issenheim Altarpiece, treasure of the Musée Unterlinden. This masterpiece by Grünewald, one of the greatest German painters of the late 15th century, unfurls eight panels of scenes populated by multicolored angels, ferocious monsters and, above all, a strikingly realistic crucifixion. In the eyes of some, Colmar is the most Alsatian of Alsace's towns. You be the judge... In any case, this town fully exudes the soul of Alsace. Fabienne Azire Illustration of philatelic document: The Amiral Bruat fountain with a bronze sculpture by Auguste Bartholdi (Colmar sculptor).
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Timbre-poste (taille-douce) : Création Sandrine Chimbaud et gravure André Lavergne d’après photographies Place de la Cathédrale © Jérôme Birling / Ville de Colmar. Document philatélique: Création Sandrine Chimbaud d’après photographie Fontaine de Bruat © imageBROKER/ Philippe Clément / COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL. Cachet d’oblitération: Création Sandrine Chimbaud. Texte: Fabienne Azire.
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Commercialisation start date
June 10, 2025
Commercialisation end date
June 30, 2026
Adherence type
sticking_type.
Printing technique
Intaglio
Number per sheet
1
Permanent value
Face value
-
Philatelic charter family
group.
Official release date
June 10, 2025
Stamp format
210 x 297 mm
author
CHIMBAUD Sandrine
Product number
2125513
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