The Fun Fair of Paris 10.7.1976
Set-up in the Tuileries garden for two months in July and August, the annual fun fair is one of the major summer events in Paris. The old-style traditional fun fair is made up of sixty attractions and...
View ArticleChâteau de Bonaguil 10.7.1976
Château de Bonaguil is a castle in the French commune of Saint-Front-sur-Lémance, but actually owned by the neighbouring commune of Fumel in the Lot-et-Garonne département. It has been classified as...
View ArticleAndorra 1967 - 23.9.1967
The stamp on this FDC is one of a set of three stamps featuring fresco paintings from the 16th Century. Andorra 1967 Frescoes in House of the Valleys (1st series) 3 value set featuring " The Temptation...
View ArticleThe Corps of Reserve Officers 17.7.1976
Commemorating The Corps of Reserve Officers in the Armed Forces of France.Thank you Merja.
View ArticleRobert Delaunay 24.7.1976
Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, cofounded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric...
View ArticleENDANGERED ANIMALS SHEET IN COLLABORATION WITH WWF 9.9.2016
Petteri Mattila has designed a new stamp sheet of 30 stamps featuring three endangered animal species found in Finnish nature: the Saimaa ringed seal, the pygmy damselfly and the lesser white-fronted...
View ArticleSt-Madeleine-Church-at-Troyes 7.10.1967
The stamp shows a Stained-glass-window-of-St-Madeleine-Church-at-Troyes.From the outside, this church is not imposing. But when you enter, you will see straight ahead why it is well worth a visit....
View ArticleENDANGERED ANIMALS SHEET IN COLLABORATION WITH WWF 9.9.2016
Petteri Mattila has designed a new stamp sheet of 30 stamps featuring three endangered animal species found in Finnish nature: the Saimaa ringed seal, the pygmy damselfly and the lesser white-fronted...
View ArticleThe 1976 Summer Olympics 17.7.1976
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad(French: Les XXIes olympiques d'été), was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Quebec, in 1976, and the first Olympic...
View ArticleEVERYMAN’S RIGHTS IN 100-YEAR-OLD FINLAND
EVERYMAN’S RIGHTS IN 100-YEAR-OLD FINLAND. Everyone in Finland can enjoy nature regardless of who owns it. The Everyman’s rights stamps in the Finland 100 years series pay tribute to this right. The...
View ArticleLascaux (Lascaux Caves) 11.4.1968
Lascaux (Lascaux Caves) is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the...
View ArticleThe 1976 Summer Olympics 17.7.1976
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad(French: Les XXIes olympiques d'été), was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Quebec, in 1976, and the first Olympic...
View ArticleThe Symphonie satellites 26.6.1976
The Symphonie satellites were the first communications satellites built by France and Germany (and the first to use three-axis stabilization in geostationary orbit with a bipropellant propulsion...
View ArticleAdolph Simon Ochs 18.9.1976
Adolph Simon Ochs (March 12, 1858 – April 8, 1935) was an American newspaper publisher and former owner of The New York Times and The Chattanooga Times (now the Chattanooga Times Free Press). Ochs was...
View ArticleFROM LOVE TO MUSHROOMS. 9.9.2016
The stamps will also feature various sought-after Finnish forest mushrooms: the chanterelle, russula paludosa, craterellus cornucopioides, lactarius deterrimus and tricholoma matsutake i.e. matsutake....
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Pierre Athanase Larousse (October 23, 1817 – January 3, 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of...
View ArticleJUVAROUEN 76
JUVAROUEN 76, was an International Youth Philatelic Exhibition held in Rouen in France from Apr. 25-May 2:. The stamp depicts a Young person.
View ArticleEuropean Federation of Construction 21.5.1977
Commemorating the European Federation of Construction.
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