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Nicolas Jacques Conté was born on August 4, 1755 in Saint-Cénery-près-Sées (Aunou-sur-Orne). From his native thatched cottage to the Egyptian expedition is that of a self-taught technical genius, experimenter and inventor, adapting to changing needs and resources. resources. Revealed by his paintings at the Hôtel-Dieu in Sées, he was sent by the diocese the diocese to study painting in Paris. Portraitist, surveyor and inventor of a rotary pump, he returned to Paris, where he attended science science courses, where his pump was used in demonstrations by the physicist and aeronaut Charles. During the French Revolution, Conté developed military aerostation. Based on Lavoisier's laboratory experiment, he produced hydrogen in hundreds of hundreds of cubic meters for the observation balloons built at the the École nationale aérostatique he directed in Meudon. His eye patch the danger of his research. He was also involved in the creation the Conservatoire des arts et métiers and, in a wartime economy, invented the the artificial lead pencil. The family company he founded to exploit the the patent (1795) was to make his name and dominate the market for almost two centuries. With Bonaparte in Egypt, he painted and studied the country's arts and crafts. and the Ateliers Mécaniques he directed supplied arms, machines and for the army and scientists. On his return, he edited the Description of Egypt and invented a low-cost engraving machine. Founder of the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale and the arts et métiers, he continued his research into color and enamel. enamel. Apart from the pencil, his inventions were freely distributed, and his mercury-free his mercury-free barometer even accompanied the development of meteorology long after his death, on December 6, 1805 in Paris.
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Timbre-poste (taille-douce) Création Clovis Rétif et gravure Louis Genty, d’après photos Portrait de Nicolas Jacques Conté, gravure (inv. 20458) © Musée des arts et métiers, Paris / photo Studio Cnam et ballon d’observation © SSPL/UIG / Bridgeman Images. Souvenir philatélique : Carte, mise en page Clovis Rétif, vue de la mosquée du sultan Hassan, Le Caire, Egypte – dessin de Nicolas-Jacques Conté © Content_DFY / Aurimages. Feuillet, création Clovis Rétif d’après © Musée des Arts et Métiers – Cnam/photo Pascal Faligot.
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Commercialisation start date
July 28, 2025
Commercialisation end date
July 31, 2026
Adherence type
Gummed
Printing technique
Intaglio
Number per sheet
1
Permanent value
Face value
2.10 €
Philatelic charter family
Philatelic program stamp
Official release date
July 28, 2025
Stamp format
carte pliée 210 x 200 mm
author
CLOVIS RETIF
Product number
2125408
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