Stamp - Commandant René Mouchotte (1914-1943) - Green Letter

Description

Stamp from the Air Mail series about Major René Mouchotte (1914-1943), World War II fighter pilot. The stamp features a portrait of René Mouchotte, with two views of his iconic Spitfire aircraft to his right. The sheet outlines show : At the top of the sheet: the profile of René Mouchotte's Spitfire Mk IX, registered L-NL. On the left edge : - the Croix de Lorraine insignia (insignia of the Force Aérienne de la France Libre) that René Mouchotte had painted on his aircraft - two sketches of the Spitfire On the right-hand edge : - the Croix de Guerre 39/45 medal - the Légion d'Honneur medal - the Ordre de la Libération medal - the Royal Air Force roundel Bottom: The cliffs over which René Mouchotte fought in the South of England. In the background: An English flight chart from René Mouchotte's time.

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Timbre-poste mixte (offset / taille-douce) : Création Pierre-André Cousin et gravure Elsa Catelin, d'après photos (c) Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, (c) The Print Collector/Heritage Images/Coll.Christophel / Spitfire Mk IX, 1941, (c) DR La Poste. Contours de feuilles : Création Pierre-André Cousin d'après photos (c) Tallandier/Bridgeman Images / Croix de Lorraine, emblème de la France libre, (c) The Print Collector/Heritage Images/Coll.Christophel / Spitfire Mk IX, 1941, (c) Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, (c) Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace, (c) DR La Poste.