Jules Auguste Sage (

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, 16 March 1829 - Paris, 13 October 1908) was a French poet, artist and sculptor. He is known for giving his name to a type of French postage stamp,

Type Sage "Type Sage" (also referred to as "Peace and Commerce") is a reference to the definitive series of postage stamps issued by the post office of France between 1876 and 1900. Printed in a variety of colors and shades, the two central figures are al ...

, first issued in 1876.

Life

Sage exhibited at the Paris Salons between 1870 and 1901 and became a member of the

Société des artistes français The Société des Artistes Français (, meaning "Society of French Artists") is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the "Salon des artistes français" (not to be confused with the ...

in 1883.

Stamps

He designed the Type Sage

postage stamp A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa ...

s, also referred as the ''Peace and Commerce'' issue that the postal administration selected in a competition. The engraving was made by Louis-Eugène Mouchon. These stamps were a replacement for both the Ceres series that had lasted from 1849 to 1851 in different forms, and the

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

stamps. The Type Sage were in use 1876 until 1900 and were the only stamps in use denominated from 1 centimes to 5 francs with intervening denominates of, 2¢, 4¢, 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 20¢, 25¢, 30¢, 40¢ and 75¢. His name appears, in very small type, in the bottom left corner of the stamps and Mouchon is attributed in the right corner. In 1900 they were replaced by the Type Blanc, named after their designer Paul Joseph Blanc.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sage, Jules Auguste French stamp designers 1829 births 1908 deaths Painters from Paris