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Heroes Of The Resistance
Heroes of the Resistance is a set of twenty-three stamps issued from 1957 to 1961 by La Poste, commemorating 27 members of the French Resistance who died during the Occupation of France between 1940 and 1945 (apart from Edmond Debeaumarché, who died in 1959). Of the 27, two were Catholic monks and nuns and three were women. Commemorated heroes ;Issued 18 May 1957 *Jean Moulin (1899-1943) * D'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941) * Robert Keller (1899–1945) *Pierre Brossolette (1903–1944) * Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1878–1944) ;Issued 19 April 1958 * Jean Cavailles (1903–1944) * Fred Scamaroni (1914–1943) * Simone Michel-Levy (1906–1945) *Jacques Bingen (1908–1944) ;Issued 25 April 1959 * Five Martyrs of the lycée Buffon ::Jean-Marie Arthus (1925–1943) ::Jacques Baudry (1922–1943) ::Pierre Benoit (1925–1943) ::Pierre Grelot (1923–1943) ::Lucien Legros (1924–1943) * Yvonne Le Roux (1882–1945) * Mederic Vedy (1902–1944) * Louis Martin-Bret (1898–1944) * Gaston M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commemorative Stamp
A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object. The ''subject'' of the commemorative stamp is usually spelled out in print, unlike definitive stamps which normally depict the subject along with the denomination and country name only. Many postal services issue several commemorative stamps each year, sometimes holding first day of issue ceremonies at locations connected with the subjects. Commemorative stamps can be used alongside ordinary stamps. Unlike definitive stamps that are often reprinted and sold over a prolonged period of time for general usage, commemorative stamps are usually printed in limited quantities and sold for a much shorter period of time, usually, until supplies run out. First commemoratives There are several candidates for the title of the first commemorative. A 17-cent stamp issued in 1860 by New Brunswick, showing the Prince of Wales in anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
