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2.50 €
Description
To mark the 150th anniversary of the postcard in France, La Poste is reissuing 10 cards illustrating the golden age of the postcard (i.e. up to the 1920s) with a stamp on the reverse that was in use at the time of their first issue, making them ready to mail and travel as pre-stamped cards at the international rate. The Great War brought new uses: illustrating battlefields and ruins, bearing witness or serving as patriotic propaganda. Epistolary exchanges between soldiers and families (or wartime godmothers) were essential, and reading the cards was often moving. Tens of thousands of cards circulated daily for over 4 years.
Legal information
Carte postale « Heureuse année », copie d’après une carte originale des éditions J.K. traversé d'une flèche (éditions Katz à Rueil) n°9123, collection privée – droits réservés. Timbre Semeuse camée 10c (YT138) de 1907, créé par Louis-Oscar Roty et gravé par Jean-Baptiste Lhomme d’après Louis-Eugène Mouchon. carte pré-timbrée à validité permanente à l'international / La Poste, 2022.
Information
Commercialisation start date
June 27, 2022
Commercialisation end date
June 30, 2026
Adherence type
None
Printing technique
Offset
Number per sheet
0
Permanent value
Face value
1.65 €
Philatelic charter family
(not applicable)
Official release date
June 27, 2022
Stamp format
-
author
-
Product number
2122816
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