Be still my heart, it’s time for France’s 2023 stamps! The program starts with my favourite engraver, Elsa Catelin. I just know if I ever met her, I’d turn into a dribbling fool and forget to ask every question I have about the art of stamp engraving. If you are a fan of engraving, then France is the country to explore because La Poste has a large number of the best engravers in the world at their disposal and they aren’t afraid to use them. There are a number of engravers I like, but Catelin is, by far my favourite.  

The first stamp to be issued for 2023 is the distinctive Marianne, using Yseult YZ Digan’s 2018 re-design, with Catelin’s engraving work (Elsa Catelin in signings at the Carré d’Encre for the short story Marianne – Art of the Engraved Stamp (artdutimbregrave.com).

 

The newspaper La Monde briefly detailed the work that went into getting the design work right.

Elsa Catelin recounts, step by step, the rest of her interventions. “Yseult did not want a drawing too perfect, she wanted the bump on the nose, all the touches that contribute to the effect of sculptural material, stone”… “I engraved the hallmark the second half of January 2018″… “For reasons of confidentiality and expertise, I took care of all the intaglio prepress part. I started by validating the stamp presentations on the sheet”… Elsa Catelin tells “her” Marianne, in the journal of the art of the engraved stamp (lemonde.fr)

This same image was the face of a limited-edition poster issued for the 75 years of the Salon Philatélique d’Automne in 2021

 

It’s magnificent and I’m pea green with envy of anyone that managed to snag one of these posters at the 2021 Paris Autumn stamp show. 

Crypto collectors can look forward to France’s first release in February.  100,000 copies of the new stamp + NFT are expected February 7, 2023. Be sure to watch our Crypto Catalogue page for advanced notice Next publications Cryptos Stamps; NFTs and 1st Global Crypto Stamps Catalog.

The 2023 program will be broken into two sections, January to June and July to December, partially because of the volume of stamps that will be released, but primarily because there is so much information to share, the site begins to bog down a bit.  I’ll try to remember to include when artists and engravers will be signing covers.  Don’t forget to leave a comment if you get to any of the signings. I’d love to hear about it. 

January

Marianne
Committed Letter Service Plus

1 stamp, sheets of 40
Intaglio

You can read more about Marianne here: France 2021 philately July to Dec | Bitter Grounds Magazine

Designer: YSEULT YZ
Engraver: Elsa Catelin

Release date: January 2, 2023

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The Exclusives – Winter Trees
New series featuring seasonal trees

 

2 stamps in booklet format
offset

Designer: Agence Absinthe
Photographers: Patrick Frischknecht / imageBROKER / Biosphoto – Christian Cabron / Biosphoto Emile Séchaud / Biosphoto © – © © Sjredwin1 / Adobe Stock

Release date: January 2, 2023

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Between Heaven and Earth

 

12 stamps in booklet format
Photogravure

Series of stamps exploring rainbows around the world

Signing Session:  
Friday, January 6

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. 2023

Designer: Agence Huitième Jour

Release date: January 6, 2023

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Chinese New Year – Year of the Rabbit

 

 

2 stamps on souvenir sheets, cancel 
Photogravure

Signing Session:  
January 14, 2023 

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. 2023 

Who: 
Designer Chen JIANG HONG 

Artist: Chen Jiang Hong 陈江洪 
This is Chen’s 4th design in the current cycle. He took over design duties starting with the 2019 Year of the Pig set.  You can read more about Chen’s Lunar New Year stamps here Retrospective look at France’s Lunar New Year stamps | Bitter Grounds Magazine
Layout: Bruno Ghiringhelli

Release date: January 14, 2023 with general release on the 16th. 

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Nelson Mandela 1918-2013

 

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
Mixed offset intaglio

This stamp was unveiled at the 2022 Autumn Stamp Show in Paris ( 75^e Salon Philatélique d’Automne)  on November 3, 2022. In attendence was street artist Christian Guemy, also known by his pseudonym C215 and H.E. Mr. Tebogo SEOKOLO, Ambassador of South Africa to France.

C215 has been creating street art for about 20 years. He paints, draws, and makes stencils, and he truly enjoys painting in the streets. The stencils make it possible to paint beautiful street artportraits in unauthorized locations. They are often enhanced through the use of graffiti markers. C215 also began using spray painting techniques in 2005. He believes that graffiti is focusing on a name by marking a territory and street art is placing art in the perfect location. About C215 Biography (streetartbio.com)

Guemy previously designed a stamp for T.A.A.F. in 2021 Paul-Emile Victor, 1907-1995

Artist: Christian GUEMY (alias C215) C215 – Christian Guémy – street artist
Engraver: Elsa CATELIN
Cancel designer: Bruno GHIRINGHELLI

Release date: January 23, 2023

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Hearts agnès b
Series: Valentine’s Day

  

 

  

2 stamps, 1 sheet of 12, 1 sheet of 30, cancel 
Photogravure

“I am very happy and proud to participate in this Valentine’s Day heart stamp project, in my own way. 
Making a heart, talking about love: maybe we don’t talk enough about love! “
Agnès Troublé, (agnès b.)

This is the 24th year for this series. Each year La Poste invites a well known designer or prestigious House to create a heart shaped stamp for Valentine’s Day. Previous designers include Givenchy, Lanvin, Maison Hermès, Maison Baccarat, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Guerlain and Cristallerie Saint-Louis. 

French fashion designer Agnès Troublé (agnès b) was invited to create the 2023 stamp. She previously worked with the Red Cross and La Poste on the 2015 The Red Cross is made of love and courage stamp.

Artist: agnès b
Designer/Layout: Aurélie BARAS

Release date: January 30, 2023

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February

Mountain Flowers
series: flora and fauna

 

 

 

 

stamp, souvenir sheet with 4 stamps, sheets of 15, cancel, souvenir folder (includes card, 2 sheets of 2 stamps)
rotogravure 
souvenir folder: Foliogravure

The Botanical Society of France supplied a writeup for this set:

When the last ice age ended, about 10,000 years ago, many species had to take refuge at higher altitudes to escape global warming. Having become mountainous, the populations of these plants found themselves isolated from each other in disjointed massifs: Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central, Jura, Vosges … Several species are now represented by only a few populations in a restricted geographical areah … Pyrenean lily (Lilium pyrenaicum) is found only on the edge or undergrowth of the Pyrenean forests, the Alpine columbine (Aquilegia alpina) only on rocky grasslands of the Alps, the Gizia saxifrage (Saxifraga giziana) only on certain cliffs of the Jura and the Auvergne subspecies of the frizzy Jasione (Jasione crispa subsp. arvernensis) only in some lawns of the Sancy. … Mountain flowers | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Signing Session:
Friday February 3, 2023 
From 10:30 to 12:30 

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. 2023

Who:
Alexandre Palezis  

Designer: Alexandre Palezis
Palezis uses an art technique called pointillism, working primarily in Indian ink. He has a Master’s degree in History and Intangible Heritage. You can see more of his art on his website Alexandre Palezis | Pointillist Artist 
Layout: Bruno Ghiringhelli

Release date: February 6, 2023

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Tender animals

 

 

12 stamps in booklet format
Photogravure

Signing Session:
Friday February 3, 2023
From 10:30 to 12:30 

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. 2023

Who:
Sylvie PATTE and Tanguy BESSET from the design firm Patte & Besset  

Designer: Patte & Besset
Photographers: © Olivier Giel / Biosphoto (Alpacas) – U. Schanz / Juniors / Biosphoto – dogs (Irish setter) – Tui De Roy / Minden Pictures / Biosphoto (short-tailed albatross) – Juniors / Biosphoto (Haflinger horses) – ZSSD / Minden Pictures / Biosphoto(giraffes) – Stefan Meyers / Ardea / Biosphoto (Impalas) – Nicolas Granier / Biosphoto (Lions) Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto (Flamingos) © – © © © © © © © Brigitte Marcon / Biosphoto (zebras) – Jean-François CORNUET / Naturimages (European bee-eaters) – Antony GARCIA / Naturimages (sheep) – © © © Véronique BRET / Naturimages (cats)

Release date: February 6, 2023

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Fan Artists
series: Métiers d’Art

 

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 12, souvenir folder 
intaglio

UNESCO declared the art of fan making an Intangible Cultural Heritage (2020). The Museum of Fan Making, in Greenwich, London is a fun site to poke around. It traces the 3,000 years worth of fan making history.

Signing session:
Sophie Beaujard will attend a 2 day signing session
Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February, between 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm.

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
 

Designer/engraver: Sophie Beaujard

Release date: February 13, 2023

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Dominique ISSERMANN

 

 

    

1 stamp, sheet of 9, info sheet, cancel (on the info sheet)
Photogravure

This is part of a new “artistic series illustrated by a photo of Dominique ISSERMANN”. It has one of La Poste’s extraordinary philatelic info sheets. I have a couple of these (for some French airplane stamps) and they are excellent companions to the stamps. They are worth picking up.

Ms Issermann wrote an intro to this stamp and her view on them is music to any collector’s ears. Normally I select sections or quotes, but it seems criminal to do anything but present her entire thoughts. 

 Like a small window that opens in the front of the envelope – always window 1^er floor on the right – on a face, a landscape, a travel memory, a cathedral, the Taj Mahal… The stamp is placed, sticks inexorably before the departure of the mail.

I have always loved to hear the stamp which, like the three strokes in the theatre, gives the signal for departure, prints the date and country of origin, authorizes the journey of the letter, the card, the parcel, which undertake the journey passing from hand to hand to their recipients.

The envelope that is licked indifferently for the friend or the inspector, seals the secrecy of the letters. The firmly glued stamp gives us clues about the feelings of the sender, irresistible cat, fiery horse, medal profile, beating heart… The time of departure has arrived, my stamp can go around the world, for a modest sum.

Tithing is paid. Planes, boats, cars, bicycles take turns and the hand is about to ring, to open the door. The postman’s hand ends the stamp’s journey, mission accomplished.

Laetitia Casta’s hand touches the stone, looks for a crack in the wall, as if to send a message, to ask questions, to wait for answers, to entrust secrets wrapped in a little stamped paper with an image, top right, at the window.

This is the first page of the book I made with Laetitia Casta in the Thermes de Vals built in Switzerland by Peter Zumthor.”

Dominique ISSERMANN | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Dominique Isserman is well known for her fashion and advertising photographers. Among her clients have been designers Sonia Rykiel, Christian Dior, Nina Ricci,  Lancôme, La Perla,  Tiffany, and Chanel, to name a few.  She also has a substantial, and impressive portrait portfolio of stars like   Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, Marion Cotillard,  Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen. About | Dominique Issermann

Signing Session:

Friday, February 24th from 10 a.m. to 19 p.m.

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS

Who: 

Dominique Issermann    

Photographer: Dominique ISSERMANN

Release date: February 24, 2023

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March

Trades of Excellence 

12 stamps in booklet
Photogravure

Released for the 100th anniversary of COET-MOF. The booklet features the following trades:

• engraving
• stone cutting
• foundry
• haute couture
• marquetry
• gastronomy
• violin making
• covering
• jewellery
• stained glass
• farriery
• watchmaking

Signing session:

Friday March 3, 2023 from 10:30 to 12:30

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
Friday March 3, 2023 from 10:30 to 12:30

Who:

Stéphane Humbert-Basset

Designer: Stéphane Humbert-Basset

Release date: March 6, 2023

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Stamp Festival 2023 – Electric bike

 

 

 

1 stamp, 1 stamp on souvenir sheet, sheets of 15, cancel
Intaglio

This stamp celebrates the Gitane electric bike. They are designed and built in France. The Stamp Festival takes place  March 11 – 12 2023.

Home – Gypsy Cycles (cycles-gitane.fr)

Designer/engraver: Christophe LABORDE-BALEN

Release date: March 13, 2023

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Marcel Marceau 1923-2007

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel, info sheet
intaglio

The First Day issue will be released in 5 cities:  

Boulazac 
Pierre BARA will be signing covers and stamps from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m., Friday, March 17 
ZI – Avenue Benoit Frachon

Cahors 
Cahors Valentre Post Office 257 Wilson Street 46000 CAHORS Friday, March 17

Strasbourg
Strasbourg Fonderie Post Office,1 rue de la Fonderie 67000 STRASBOURG Friday, March 17

Toulouse 
Friday, March 17 from 10 a.m. to 17 p.m., and Saturday, March 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Capitol Post Office
69 rue du Taur and 9 rue Lafayette 31000 TOULOUSE

Paris
PARIS (75) Le Carré d’Encre, from 10am to 19pm (Obliteration until 17pm).
Benjamin VAN BLANCKE and Camille & Aurélia MARCEAU (subject to change) will host a signing session from 10:30 to 12:30 on Friday, March 17.
Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS

A special event presented by Philaposte and Actes Sud editions.

Marceau’s’ daughters, who collaborated with their father on his autobiography Histoire de ma vie, will be present to sign copies of the book. 

Where:

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
16:30 pm to 18:30 pm on April 6, 2023

Designer: Benjamin Van Blancke  
Engraver: Pierre Bara  

Release date: March 17, 2023

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Spring Philatelic Show 2023

7e Paris Philatelic Biennial – Spring Philatelic Show
Thursday March 23, 2023 10am to 18pm, Saturday March 25, 2023 10am to 17pm 
Espace Champerret • Porte de Champerret Paris XVIIe – Hall C – 6 rue Jean Ostreicher, 75017 PARIS.

Special releases will be issued for the Spring show:

Gustave Eiffel 1832-1923 souvenir sheet 
Printing: sublimated with hot gilding
For centenary of Eiffel’s death. Will include the reprints of the following classic stamps

1939 Fête du cinquantenaire de la Tour Eiffel
Designer / engraver Henri Cheffer

1982 Gustave Eiffel 1832 – 1923
Designer/engraver Marie-Noëlle Goffin 

Salon de Printemps “CCIT Paris 1949” poster
Intaglio printing on gummed paper
Posters are numbered and dated

C.I.T.T. PARIS 1949 originally issued June 13, 1949 for the International Telegraph and Telephone Conference (ITTC).

The outline of the poster is cut in the form of serrations. Numbered from 00001 to 14000. At the top of the poster, the central illustration of the Airmail stamp “C.I.T.T. PARIS 1949”; At the bottom of the poster the block of 4 corresponding stamps. A hot gilding was placed on the bottom of the poster, to simulate the golden elements of the bridge and the two statues above the pillars to symbolize the lighting of the street lamps. Sold inserted in a transparent pouch. Spring Philatelic Show 2023 | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Marianne Committed Letter Service Plus sheetlet 
Designer: YSEULT YZ
Engraver: Elsa Catelin
Originally issued Jan 2023 

Release date: March 23 – 25, 2023

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Spring Philatelic Show – The Catacombs of Paris

 

  

1 stamp, sheets of 9, cancel
intaglio

This issue will have two release locations:

The first during the Spring show
Spring Philatelic Show 
7th Paris Philatelic Biennial – Spring Philatelic Show from 10am to 18pm (except Saturday until 17pm) 
Espace Champerret • Porte de Champerret Paris XVIIe – Hall C – 6 rue Jean Ostreicher, 75017 PARIS

The second will be held at  Le Carré d’Encre, from 10am to 19pm
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS

Designer/engraver: Louis Genty
Photos: (c) Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet and Gael Kerbaol / Divergence

Release date: March 23, 2023 

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Gustave Eiffel 1832-1923

image will be revealed closer to the release date

Created with the cooperation of  Association of Descendants of Gustave Eiffel. 

1 stamp 
intaglio

4 locations and 3 cities will be involved in the release:

DIJON 
Gastronomic City, from 10 h to 18 h 
12 square in front of Unesco 21000 DIJON

JARVILLE-LA-MALGRANGE  
The Science Enthusiast, from 9 h  to 12 h  and from 14 h to 18 h 
1 avenue du Général De Gaulle 54140 JARVILLE LA MALGRANGE

Paris 
7th Paris Philatelic Biennial – Spring Philatelic Show from 10 h to 18 h and  Saturday until 17 h
Espace Champerret • Porte de Champerret Paris XVIIth – Hall C – 6 rue Jean Ostreicher 75017 PARIS

Le Carré d’Encre, from 10 h  to 19 h
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
Dedication: No cancellation at the Carré d’Encre during the Spring Philatelic Show.

Designer/engraver: Sarah LAZAREVIC
Photos: © Bertrand Gardel/Hémis (cover), © Coll.Jonas/Kharbine Tapabor (folio).

Release date: March 23, 2023

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75 years of Pif

 

1 stamp, sheets of 12 
Photogravure

Pif the dog was born on March 28, 1948 (in reality he appeared on March 26 in the daily newspaper that announced his first Strip on the 28th) under the pencil of the Spanish José Cabrero Arnal, to the rhythm of a daily Strip published in the newspaper L’Humanité, created by Jean Jaurès.

Pif will eventually give his name to Vaillant magazine, a veritable melting pot of French-language comics. Arnal, the father of Pif the dog and also the cat Hercules, the no less famous Placid, the bear and Muzo the fox, the merry goat, Roudoudou, but also many other characters created in Spain, France and even Romania, is one of the major authors of French and European comics. 75 years of Pif | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

2 release locations:

Spring Philatelic Show
7th Paris Philatelic Biennial – Spring Philatelic Show from 10 h to 18h  – Saturday until 17 h
Espace Champerret • Porte de Champerret Paris XVIIe – Hall C – 6 rue Jean Ostreicher, 75017 PARIS

Le Carré d’Encre, from 10 h  to 19 h
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
Dedication: No cancellation at the Carré d’Encre during the Spring Philatelic Show.

Creator: ARAPU – ARNAL

Release date: March 23, 2023

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Colonel Arnaud Beltrame (1973 – 2018)

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
intaglio

5 years after his death, it is a tribute to Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, hero killed in March 2018 by a terrorist during a hostage taking. 705,000 stamps bearing his effigy were produced at the philatelic printing house in Périgueux. Hero: Colonel Arnaud Beltrame now has a stamp bearing his likeness (francetvinfo.fr) 

There will be 7 first day release locations, in 6 cities:

AVRANCHES – Beltrame served here as a company commander. 
Post office, from 8:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 18:00
40 rue Saint Gervais, 50300 AVRANCHES

CARCASSONNE – where Arnaud was last posted
Post office, from 9 to 12.30  and from 13.30  to 17.30  
40 rue Jean Bringer, 11000 CARCASSONNE

MAIZIERES-LÈS-METZ – 12 police barracks have been named for Beltrame, one of which is in Maizières
Town hall of MAIZIERES-LÈS-METZ, wedding fair, from 9  to 17  
Grande rue, 57280 MAIZIERES LÈS METZ

MELUN – both the museum of the gendarmerie and officer training school located here
National Gendarmerie Officer School, from 9  to 17  
avenue du Treizième Dragon, 77000 MELUNVALVES 

VANNES – BELTRAME’s family lives near Vannes, and it is also close to the military school he attended
Thursday, March 23: VANNES Post Office, 9:30 a.m. to 18 p.m., 25 place de la République
Special Dedication:  
Friday, March 24: Departmental gendarmerie group of Morbihan Guillaudot barracks from 9:30 to 12:14 and from 17 h 
rue du Colonel Arnaud Beltrame,

PARIS 
Spring Philatelic Show
7th Paris Philatelic Biennial – Spring Philatelic Show from 10 h to 18h  – Saturday until 17 h
Espace Champerret • Porte de Champerret Paris XVIIe – Hall C – 6 rue Jean Ostreicher, 75017 PARIS 

PARIS 
Le Carré d’Encre, from 10 h  to 19 h
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
Dedication: No cancellation at the Carré d’Encre during the Spring Philatelic Show.

Designer/engraver: Sophie Beaujard

Release date: March 23, 2023

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April 

Trees of Spring
Series: LES EXCLUSIVES

 

 

4 stamps in a booklet

This is a new series focusing on trees. The first set features blossoming apple trees and a plum trees.

Designer: Absintheandco
Photographs: © JL. Klein & ML. Hubert © Emmanuel Lattes / Naturagency 

Release date: April 3, 2023

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Church of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption Fontenay-le-Comte Vendée

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
photogravure

Church of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption – Fontenay-le-Comte (sacrepatrimoine.com) 

Signing session:

Friday, April 7 from 10:30 to 12:30.

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday April 7. 2023

Who:

Line Filhon and Benjamin Van Blancke

Designer: Stéphane Humbert-Basset using photos by Louis Cazaubon

Release date: April 7, 2023

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Parachutistes – Jacques Garnerin and Jeanne Labrosse  

1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, cancel
intaglio

France led the way in testing balloon flight and subsequently flinging themselves out of them. On October 22, 1797, Jacques Garnerin made the first successful parachute descent from a balloon.   

“I was on the point of cutting the cord that suspended me between heaven and Earth and measured with my eye the vast space that separated me from the rest of the human race.”  Jacques Garnerinwriting about his descent. 

SP Aviation’s website has a top notch write up of both Garnerin and the problems he faced with his early descents. These included the parachute spinning wildly because of air spillage, causing severe motion sickness. André-Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823) (sps-aviation.com) Worth the visit. 

Equally celebrated was Jeanne Labrosse, the first woman to use a parachute and early solo balloonist. She was at the Paris park when Garnerin made his parachute drop in 1797, and within the year became his student.  She and Garnerin went on to marry and became a celebrated pair for their work. Labrosse made her first solo balloon flight in 1798, and a year later was the first woman to successfully parachute from a balloon on October 12, 1799. 

Signing session:

Friday April 7. 2023

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday April 7. 2023

Who:

Benjamin Van Blancke and Line Filhon

Designer: Benjamin Van Blancke using photos from the Musée Carnavalet / Roger Viollet – (c) Aurimages 
Engraving:  Line Filhon

Release date: April 11, 2023

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Treasures of Notre-Dame – The Bells of Notre-Dame
Topics: Notre Dame | architecture | history
4th in series

 

1 stamp on souvenir sheet, cancel
intaglio

Bells | Notre-Dame de Paris (friendsofnotredamedeparis.org)

This is a continuation of a series that started in 2020:

 

Signing session:

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 15

Who:

Sarah Bougault

Designer/engraver: Sarah Bougault

Release date: April 17, 2023

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Red Cross Benefit Issue – Prevention and Education

 

 

 

booklet of 10 stamps
Photogravure

A portion of sales go to the French Red Cross

Designer: Olivier Balez
using photos by © Alex Bonnemaison and © Nicolas Beaumont

Release date: April 24, 2023

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Eva GONZALÈS 1849 – 1883
Topics: art | artists

 

  

1 stamp, sheets of 9, cancel 
Photogravure

Born in 1849, died in 1883, at the age of thirty-four, she was a painter in a century when women had very little chance of becoming one. The School of Fine Arts was forbidden to them, painting men and working outside too. She first learned, drawing, from Charles Chaplin, bored and left, supported by her father, a scholar and friend of Zola, to enter in 1869 in the studio of Édouard Manet. …

Painted at the age of sixteen, The Sparrow is one of the first paintings by Eva Gonzalès who will paint, for seventeen years, the intimate life of women through interior scenes: a mother and her child, portraits of her sister Jeanne, tea, an evening at the opera. Here, a sparrow looks with his round and black eyes at a young girl with brown hair braided with green and yellow ears of wheat, in profile like the bird, but whose gaze does not meet that of the bird for a moment perched on the tips of her outstretched fingers. She looks elsewhere, seems to be dreaming, of flight perhaps. Eva GONZALES 1849 – 1883 | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Designer: Ségolène Carron

My approach is enriched by a work of self-production ranging from typography to illustration, through linocut or ceramics. So many techniques that I like to experiment and deepen according to my desires.
Ségolène Carron (segolenecarron.fr)

Previous designs include: 2015 Saint-Gobain, 2021 Red Cross Benefit Issue and Elsa Triolet, Author

Release date: April 24, 2023

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May 

EUROPA 2023 – the Most Important Human Value
Topics: EUROPA

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
offset

A common design will be used by all participating EUROPA countries. The stamp was designed by Luxembourg based designers Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir. Their design will be used by all participating countries to stress solidarity with Ukraine.  The theme explores how delicate peace is and how it should be the highest value humanity should be working towards. This theme replaces the one originally planned for 2023, Underwater Fauna & Flora, which will be the 2024 theme. 

Cultural differences perchance a barrier for a state of Peace. If only mankind could respect each other’s differences by understanding their significance and responding to them with consideration, the world would be a better place.

 
Illustration of Europa stamp: Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir
Bos and Eglisdottir are part of A DESIGNERS COLLECTIVE in Luxemburg. Their design was picked to represent all Europa nations in this year’s theme.
Layout and cancel design: Ségolène Derudder

Release date: May 5, 2023

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Tamara de LEMPICKA (1898 – 1980)
Topics: art | artists

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 9, cancel
Photogravure

Title of work: Jeune fille en vert 1930 also called Young Lady in White Gloves

Polish painter who lived and worked primarily in France and USA. 
Tamara de Lempicka Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory good biography and look at her development as an artist.

Artist: Tamara de Lempicka, painting courtesy Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / Adagp, Paris, 2023
Tamara De Lempicka Estate, LLC – The official website and store for artist Tamara De Lempicka
Layout and cancel design: Mathilde Laurent

Release date: May 15, 2023

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Madame de La Fayette
Topics: literature | authors

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 9, cancel
Photogravure

This is a brief but decent biography Madame de La Fayette: short biography and works of the author (linternaute.fr). It is in French but translates well.

Designer: Séverine Perrier
Perrier used the following material to create this stamp and the details around the sheet:

photos © Look and Learn / Bridgeman: Madame de la Fayette, colored engraving for Le Plutarque français by Edouard Mennechet (Le Crapelet, 1837-1841); © Kharbine Tapabor: Title page of The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette, first edition of 1678.

Leaf contours: Design Séverine Perrier from photos (c) adocphotos: Chromolithograph Objects of adornment and jewelry in France in the 17th century extracted from “The historical costume” by Auguste Racinet. 
Madame de La Fayette | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Release date: May 22, 2023

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80th Anniversary of the Chant des Partisans

 

1 stamp, sheet of 15, cancel
intaglio

Chant des Partisans was the WW2 anthem of the French Resistance. 

The music for Song of the Partisans was composed in 1941 in London by the Russian exile Anna Marly, from a tune popularized in Russia during the Civil War. Based on a simple and repetitive walking rhythm, the musical theme she plays on the guitar is easy to memorize. In May 1943, it was chosen as the callsign for the programme Honneur et Patrie produced by the France Libre and broadcast on the BBC. Emmanuel d’Astier de la Vigerie then asked the famous writer Joseph Kessel and his nephew Maurice Druon to write lyrics, which was done on May 30, 1943. If the Chant des partisans is recorded as early as May 31 by Germaine Sablon, in France we only know the first notes whistled as a rallying sign or as a warning signal. 80 years of the Song of the Partisans | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Designer/engraver: Sarah LAZAREVIC

Release date: May 26, 2023

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Centenary of the 24H of Le Mans 1923-2023

 

 

 

8 stamps with 3 folders

Signing session:

Three signing sessions will be held on Friday May 26 with DOZ, Sandrine LOBROT (Huitième Jour) and Bruno GHIRINGHELLI

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday May 26 

Designers:
Four stamps Bruno GHIRINGHELLI
Eight stamp folder Sandrine LOBROT (Huitième Jour) 
Cancel Doz

 Release date: May 26, 2023

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Chalon-sur-Saône 96th Congress of the FFAP (French Federation of Philatelic Associations)

 

 

1 stamp (with label), sheets of 10, LISA sticker (offset)
Intaglio

PHILAFRANCE 2023 will take place May 26-29, 2023 at Palais des Expositions in Chalon sur Saône. A souvenir FDC may be available for this event. The tentative design was release:

Designer: Pierre ALBUISSON

Release date: May 26, 2023

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June 

Fruits to Enjoy

 

   

12 stamps in booklet, cancel
Photogravure

Designer: Aurélie BARAS
Photographs: Godong / BSIP © Deslandes / Sweet and salty © Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto Yann Avril / Biosphoto Frédéric Tournay / Biosphoto Lamontagne / Biosphoto Michelle Garrett / Flora Press / Biosphoto Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto Michel Gunther / Biosphoto © © © © © © ©© Antoine Lorgnier / Onlyfrance.fr © Science Photo Library

Release date: June 5, 2023

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Iconic Eiffel Tower

 

 

8 stamps in booklet
Photogravure

2023 is the centenary of Eiffel’s death. The illustrations in this booklet are taken from:

Universal Exhibition of 1889 or more recent, these objects come from the Musée d’Orsay and private collections: medal, feather box, brooch, pencil sharpener, bottle opener, Camembert label, magic lantern, plate, set of cubes (illustration on the central pane of the notebook). ICONIC EIFFEL TOWER | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Signing session:

Etienne THÉRY will host a signing session on June 2

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 19:00 p.m. on June 2

Designer: Etienne Théry
Illustrator: Gustave Eiffel

Release date: June 2, 2023

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Sports Couleur Passion – Oceania

 

6 stamps on souvenir sheet, cancel
Photogravure

Signing session:

Sandrine CHIMBAUD  will host a signing session on June 2

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
10:30 a.m. to 19:00 p.m. on June 2

Designer: Sandrine Chimbaud

Release date: June 5, 2023

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Collector 24h Le Mans – Centenary of the 24H of Le Mans 1923-2023

 

Signing Session:

3 signing sessions will occur on Friday, May 26 between 10:30 am to 12:30 pm:

• DOZ will sign the stamp block
• Sandrine LOBROT (Eighth Day) will sign the collector of 8 stamps
• Bruno GHIRINGHELLI will sign the 4 stamps he designed

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS

Designers: 
DOZ
Bruno GHIRINGHELLI
Agence Huit Jour
Sandrine LOBROT

Release date: June 12, 2023

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Pierre LotiI 1850-1923

 

1 stamp, sheet of 10, cancel
Photogravure

International Association of Friends of Pierre Loti

Signing session:

COCO FRONSAC will host 2 signing session on Friday, June 9 from 10am to 12pm and Saturday, June 10th from 15pm to 17pm in Rochefort

Where:

Place Colbert 17 300 ROCHEFORT

Designer:   Coco Fronsac from anonymous and undated old photos

What if photographs are not but frozen moments?
What if they are simply a beginning, a test?
Through collage, carving, painting, weaving, colorisation and juxtaposition,
Coco Fronsac plays with our vision of time and our relationship to the other in order to transport us into a new reality; a reality that is fluctuating, alive, abstract…
Jues Faure
Coco Fronsac

Cancel designer: Bruno GHIRINGHELLI

Release date: June 12, 2023

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Blaise Pascal 1623-1662

1 stamp, cancel
Mixed offset intaglio

Blaise Pascal (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Designer: Florence Wojtyczka using photos by Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Collections of the Roger-Quilliot Art Museum and the Heritage Library 
Engraver: Elsa Catelin 

Release date: June 19, 2023

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Maison Caillebotte – Yerres Essonne

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, souvenir sheet 
intaglio using gold ink

Maison Caillebotte was the family home of impressionist painter Yerres Essonne
Maison Caillebotte

DEDICATION: 

There will be a special dedication at Maison Caillebotte on Friday, June 23 from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. and Saturday, June 24 from 10 a.m. to 17 p.m.

Designer: Geneviève Marot
Engraver: André Lavergne
Souvenir sheet designer: Geneviève Marot

Release date: June 26, 2023

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Sénanque Abbey – Vaucluse

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, 1 cancel (two locations)
Photogravure

Abbey of Notre-Dame de Sénanque was founded in 1148 by the Cistercian monks

Sénanque Abbey – History | Community | Visit (senanque.fr)

Signing session:

Friday, June 23, 2023

Where: 

Le Carré d’Encre 
13bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
Friday, June 23 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Who:

Designer Stéphane LEVALLOIS

Designer: Stéphane Levallois
Layout: Emmanuel Vedrenne using a photo by © Pierre-Yves Rinquin – Abbey Notre-Dame de Sénanque

Release date: June 26, 2023

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July

Collector The Exclusives – Summer – The trees

4 stamps in booklet
offset

Designer: Absintheandco

Release date: July 3, 2023

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Alice Guy 1873 – 1968

 

 

Photogravure

150th anniversary of the birth of Alice Guy, the  world’s 1st female director and producer. 

Meet Alice Guy-Blaché, The World’s First Female Filmmaker (allthatsinteresting.com) has a fascinating write up of this early film pioneer who almost vanished from history. 

Designer: Aline Zalko using photo by © Thierry Peeters

Release date: July 3, 2023

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The Favorite Village of the French in 2022 – Bergheim – Haut-Rhin

 

  

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
Intaglio

“In the heart of the Alsatian vineyards, the charming city of Bergheim is revealed behind its beautifully preserved medieval walls and the visitor is bewitched by the charm of its winding streets that lead to the House of Witches … ». Stephane Bern The favorite Village of the French 2022 – Bergheim – Haut-Rhin | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

La Poste published a video on how the stamp is printed. If you like seeing videos like this both La Poste and the Musée have great Youtube channels.

 

Designer: Eloïse Oddos
Engraver: Claude Jumelet

Release date: July 3, 2023

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France Land of Tourism – Hiking

12 photos in booklet, cancel 
Photogravure

Layout: Etienne Théry
Photographers: 

•  In Aveyron © GUY Christian / hemis.fr
• In the Jura © ROY Philippe / hemis.fr
• In Finistère © Jon Arnold Images / hemis.fr
• In South © Corsica Communication Department of the Post Office in Corsica
• In the Bas-Rhin © MATTES René / hemis.fr
•  In Guadeloupe © Lhoté L/Andia.fr
• In French Guiana © BRUSINI Aurélien / hemis.fr
• In Gironde © Alamy / hemis.fr
• In the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence © Jon Arnold Images/ hemis.fr
• In Loire-Atlantique © GARCIA Julien / hemis.fr
• In Calvados © MOULU Philippe / hemis.fr
• In the Somme © BOUILLAND Stéphane / hemis.fr
• whose copyrights of the photographs for the cover are as follows:
• In Guadeloupe © Lhoté L/Andia.fr
• In Finistère © Jon Arnold Images/ hemis.fr
• In the Jura © ROY Philippe / hemis.fr

Release date: July 10, 2023

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EUROMED 2023 – Festivals| Arles the Capital of Photography

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
offset

This is France’s entry to the annual EUROMED competition. This year’s theme is Mediterranean Festivals. 

The Rencontres d’Arles, an annual photography festival, was founded in 1970 by Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice Rouquette. Originally a simple meeting place between photography lovers, they have become over the years a major cultural event. Arles Photography Encounters | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

This year’s festival takes place between July 4 to Sept. 24, 2023 HOME – Les Rencontres d’Arles (rencontres-arles.com)

Designer: Design ABM Studio
Photographer: Alessandro Mosalini

Release date: July 10, 2023

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RN85 Route Napoléon

 
   

3 stamps on souvenir sheet, 3 cancels, souvenir pack 
photogravure, offset (map in souvenir pack) 

The stamps highlight 3 scenic spots along the 200 km route. It starts in Cannes and ends in Grenoble, cutting through the Alps

• Côte d’Azur
• Haute-Provence
• Alps

Drive the Route Napoléon – Lonely Planet

Designer: Sylvie Patte  and Tanguy Besset  

Release date: July 10, 2023

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French Cycling Federation 1923-2023

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15 (no cancel issued)
photogravure

Designer: David Lanaspa using photos from  © Urban landscape, gettyimages / Leonid Andronov
You can see more of Lanaspa’s work here David Lanaspa – Marie Bastille Marie Bastille

Release date: July 24, 2023

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September

Centenary of Polish Immigration

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
photogravure

La Poste has an excellent, brief, explanation of the Polish diasporas experience:

At the end of the XVIII^e century, Poland loses its independence and will not regain it until 1919. Meanwhile, the Polish territory is experiencing several waves of diasporas – or Polonias as the Poles say. The first French Polonia was political: it began in the early 1830s, after the failure of the insurrection of 1830-1831, and continued until 1870 according to the successive uprisings against the Russian occupier and the repression that followed. During these forty years, about 30,000 Poles settled in France. Coming from the affluent strata of society, they laid the foundations for a lasting cultural presence, reinforced at the end of the nineteenth century.^e century by the arrival of artists, intellectuals and scientists: Maria Skłodowska, who will pass to posterity under the name of Marie Curie, takes up residence in Paris in 1891.

At the beginning of the XX^e Century comes the time of economic migration. With prosperity, the France needed manpower, especially in the mining sector: in 1909, a first wave of Polish miners came to work in the mines of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. On the eve of the First World War, however, only 10,000 minors of Polish origin were present on French territory. It was in the interwar period that the Polish presence in France became truly massive. Paradoxically, while 1923 saw the definitive return of peace to Poland, it was the year in which the largest number of Poles settled in France: more than 154,000 of the 500,000 who crossed the French borders in the 1920s. Although this immigration dried up with the crisis of the 1930s, ties remained strong between the two countries: hundreds of thousands of Poles took root in France, where they helped spread Polish culture.
Polish Immigration Centenary | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

Designer: Nançy Peña

Release date: September 4, 2023

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Jules Isaac 1877-1963

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
intaglio

A short introduction to Jules Isaac – JIS (julesisaacstichting.org) 

Signing session:

Designer: Sandrine Chimbaud using a photo by © Didier Thimonier 
“A successful stamp is a stamp that summons something, an emotion…”
Le Monde published an engaging interview with Chimbaud in 2020. She talks about earlier designs but offers an interesting look at her approach to stamp design and illustrations in general. In French but translates well. 
Engraver: Pierre Bara

Release date: September 4, 2023

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Disney 100 Years

 

 

12 stamps in booklet format, cancel
photogravure

Designer: Arobace © 2023 DISNEY

Release date: September 4, 2023

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UNESCO – 20th Anniversary of Intangible Cultural Heritage

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
offset

“20 years… Celebrating Living Heritage” – UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage initiative strives to protect and promote aspects of culture, heritage. Intangible Cultural Heritage is includes “oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.” (What is Intangible Cultural Heritage? – intangible heritage – Culture Sector – UNESCO}

If you want to have fun exploring cultural heritage go see UNESCO’s outrageously fun map  Dive into intangible cultural heritage! – intangible heritage – Culture Sector – UNESCO.   This is what it looks like:

 

Pick a subject (or let your mouse run over the coloured dots to see more) and it will show connections to that subject from around the world:

 

You can spend hours following the constellation of cultural heritage. It’s one of my favourite sites. 

Designer: Mathilde Laurent using photos from akg-images / picturealliance

Release date: September 8, 2023

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Bicentenary of Rugby Union

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
photogravure

Signing Session:

Designer: Bruno Ghiringhelli using photos from © John Halas/OFFSIDE/Presse Sports and Laurent Argueyrolles/Presse Sports

Release date: September 11, 2023

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Council of Europe – United for Ukraine

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
photogravure 

Signing Session:

Friday, September 8, 2023 

C215 and Bruno GHIRINGHELLI

Original artwork: C215
C215 (Christian Guémy) is a French street artist. He was part of a group of street artists who went to Ukraine in spring 2022 to document the war and its effects. His February 2023 exhibition Slava Ukraini appeared at National Assembly, Paris.  You can see more of his work here C215 on Instagram: “as a support to Ukraine : my works done here in march/april 2022 💛💙”
Designer: Bruno Ghiringhelli

Release date: September 11, 2023

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#NFTimbre1 – France’s 1st Cryptostamp

 

This set will include both a physical stamp and a digital twin. 

On August 1, 2023 NFTimbre.comNFTimbre.com will be active. La Poste will release 100,000 copies of this stamp. It will come in a protective sleeve.  
For more details see FRANCE – #NFTimbre1 PRE INSCRIPTION   

Designer: Faunesque (Phil Constentinesco)
You can explore more of his work on his website Faunesque  and his Instagram page
When the stamp is released, I’ll post more info.

Release date: September 18, 2023

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Maison Berger Paris 125 Years

 

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel, souvenir pack
offset

Signing Session:

Friday, September 15, 2023

Frédérique Vernillet

Designer: Frédérique Vernillet
Layout: Valérie Besser

Release date: September 18, 2023

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Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 9
photogravure

Signing Session:

Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Designer: Valérie Besser  

Release date: September 18, 2023

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Heritage of France in Stamps – 2023 ed.

 

 

La Poste excels at retrospective series.  The Heritage of France winds up it’s five year run with this 10 stamp reprint of some of the great engraved stamps from the past:

• Hector Berlioz: designed and engraved by Achille Ouvré
• Hélicoptère Alouette 1,000 francs : designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, Adagp, Paris, © 2023 – Rosalie Fragonard : drawn and engraved by Jules Piel after a drawing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
• Arbois – Jura : drawn and engraved by Pierre Gandon, Adagp, Paris, © 2023
• 1era international postal conference – Paris Hôtel des Postes – May/June 1863 : designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, Adagp, Paris, © 2023
• Clermont-Ferrand – ND du Port : drawn by Charles Mazelin – Colbert 1619-1683 : drawn and engraved by Pierre Munier after a portrait of Robert Nanteuil
• Denis Papin: drawn by Clément Serveau, engraved by Robert Cami
• Basketball: designed by Raoul Serres, engraved by Charles-Paul Dufresne
• Aerotrain: designed and engraved by Jacques Combet
  Blaise Pascal: designed by G. Edelinck, engraved by Pierre Munier © Musée de La Poste, Paris La Poste 2023

If you’d like to see this series explored further in a separate article, drop me a note to encourage me. 

Designer: Sarah Bougault  
Sarah Bougault | Postal Museum (museedelaposte.fr)  and Stéphane Humbert-Basset (@stephanehumbertbasset) • Instagram photos and videos

Release date: September 18, 2023

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Shared Gardens 

 

 

1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
photogravure

Specificities of French community gardens as environmental stewardships on JSTOR 

Signing Session:

Designer: Stéphane Humbert-Basset
Stéphane Humbert-Basset

Release date: September 25, 2023

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October

The Exclusives – Autumn – The Trees

4 stamps on souvenir sheet
offset

Designer: Absintheandco
Photographers: Jean-Pierre DORDAIN / ONLYFRANCE.FR – Jean-Philippe DELOBELLE / Biosphoto – Marie AYMEREZ / Biosphoto – Pascal PITTORINO / Biosphoto  

Release date: October 2, 2023

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Disney 100

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 10, cancel
offset with silver metal raster effect

Designer: Valérie Besser, using original Disney art

Release date: October 9, 2023

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Still Lives

 

12 stamps in booklet
photogravure

Designer: Corinne Salvi
Salvi Corinne – The Charter of Children’s Authors and Illustrators (la-charte.fr)
Salvi has designed 18 stamp sets for La Poste. 

Release date: October 9, 2023

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Prum Nourry  

1 stamp, sheets of 9, cancel
typography with braille overprint on the hand

In her projects, the artist raises ethical questions related to the notion of balance in the broadest sense: the body and healing, demographic imbalance due to sex selection and scientific aberrations, the ecosystem and interdependence between living species. Her practice combines sculpture, installation, performance and video. She collaborates with artisans, works with diverse materials and explores new techniques. The works she produces are mainly large volumes made in situ, which she destroys, buries or stages in documented rituals, through photography and video. Her projects are international and based on meetings with specialists, psychoanalysts, geneticists, anthropologists and researchers.
Prune Nourry

Designers: Jean-François Aimé and Étienne Théry using Nourry’s original artwork Lifeline, 2023

Release date: October 16, 2023

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The Earth and People – The Earth is home to biodiversity, let’s protect it day and night

 

4 stamps on souvenir sheet
photogravure

Designer cancel: Arobace
Designer stamps: Nadia Charles  
Charles was an inspired choice for this stamp. She lives in Reunion and has made a career in nature illustration, highlighting our increasingly fragile world.  Her art has previously appeared on TAAF stamps in 2021 White-Chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis), 2023 Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), & Ecological Restoration, 2020 Great Albatross (Diomedea), 2016 Albatros, 2015 60th Anniversary of the FSAT. 

“perpetuates the noble mission of naturalistic illustration (…). Over the course of her career, she has never ceased to magnify our biodiversity, in Reunion Island, of course, but also in the Indian Ocean area (…). This catalogue attempts, modestly, to give an image of this titanic work (…). Nadia knows how to turn a simple colored pencil into a new evidence. The textures are present, the colors are right, we think we see the drawings come to life in front of us (…) “… The “Naturalist Drawings” inspired by Nadia Charles (lemonde.fr)

Release date: October 16, 2023

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French Red Cross

 

3 stamps on sheet
photogravure

Designer cancel: Transplanting
Designer stamps: David Lanaspa 
David Lanaspa – Marie Bastille Marie Bastille

Release date: October 23, 2023

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Jules Rimet (1873 – 1956)

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
photogravure

3rd president of FIFA and its longest serving one (1921 to 1954). 

Designer: Eloïse Oddos

Release date: October 23, 2023

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November

Stamps That Bring Us Together – Christmas 2023

 

12 stamps in booklet 
photogravure

Designer: BETC
Designer Cancel: Philaposte

Release date: November 6, 2023

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Poster XIIth Congress of the Universal Postal Union, Paris 1947
5th in series that started in 2021

numbered poster
Intaglio

Reproduces May 7, 1947, stamp illustrated and engraved by Pierre Gandon. 

Drawing and engraving: Pierre Gandon, Adagp, Paris, 2023
Designer: Stéphanie Ghinéa

Release date: November 8, 2023

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The Faces of France since 1849
non-philatelic poster 

digital poster

This poster displays the various “faces” of France and their designers:

1800 
1849 Ceres: Drawn and engraved by Jacques-Jean Barre Manufactured by Anatole Hulot
1876 Peace and Trade: Designed by Jules Auguste Sage. Engraved by Louis Eugène Mouchon 1902 Droits de l’Homme : Drawn and engraved by Louis Eugène Mouchon

1900
1903 Sower: Created by Louis-Oscar Roty. Engraved by Louis Eugène Mouchon
1932 Peace: Drawn by Paul-Albert Laurens. Engraved by Antonin Delzers
1939 Mercury: Drawn and engraved by Georges Hourriez 1939 Iris: Drawn and engraved by Georges Hourriez

1940 Ceres: After a drawing by Jacques-Jean Barre. Engraved by the
1944 Coq stamp workshop (Algiers): Designed by Henry Razous. Reports by Charles Hervé
1944 Marianne (Algiers): Drawn by Louis Fernez. Reports by Charles Hervé
1944 Arc de Triomphe (Washington): Designed by William A. Roach from a photograph provided by the Washington Public Library. Engraved by Charles A. Brooks, Axel W. Christensen, T. Vail and John S. Edmonson
1945 Ceres de Mazelin: Drawn by Charles Mazelin. Engraved by Henri Cortot
1945 Marianne de Gandon: Drawn by Pierre Gandon. Engraved by Henri Cortot
1945 Marianne de Dulac: Drawn and engraved by Edmond Dulac. Engraved by Léonard Vincent Phillips
1955 Marianne de Muller: Designed by Louis Charles Muller. Engraved by Jules Piel
1957 Harvester: Designed by Louis Charles Muller. Engraved by Jules Piel.
1959 Marianne à la Nef: Designed by André Regagnon. Engraved by Jules Piel.
1960 Marianne de Decaris: Drawn by Albert Decaris. Engraved by Jules Piel.
1961 Marianne de Cocteau: Drawn by Jean Cocteau Engraved by Albert Decaris.
1962 Coq de Decaris: Drawn and engraved by Albert Decaris.
1967 Marianne de Cheffer: Drawn by Henry Cheffer. Designed by Claude Jumelet.
1971 Marianne de Béquet: Drawn and engraved by Pierre Béquet.
1977 Marianne (Sabine) de Gandon: Drawn and engraved by Pierre Gandon. After Jacques-Louis David.
1982 Marianne (Liberté) de Gandon : Drawn and engraved by Pierre Gandon Graphic design by Ségolène Carron © Musée de La Poste, Adagp, Paris, La Poste 2022. Based on Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix © Imagno / LA COLLECTION.
1989 Marianne du Bicentenaire de Briat: Designed by Louis Briat. Engraved by Claude Jumelet.
1997 Marianne du 14 juillet de Luquet: Designed by Ève Luquet. Engraved by Claude Jumelet.

2000
2005 Marianne des Français de Lamouche: Drawn by Thierry Lamouche. Engraved by Claude Jumelet.
2008 Marianne de l’Europe de Beaujard: Drawn and engraved by Yves Beaujard.
2013 Marianne and the Youth of Ciappa and Kawena: Drawn by Olivier Ciappa and David Kawena. Engraved by Elsa Catelin
2018 Marianne l’engagée by Yseult Digan: Graphic design by YZ – Yseult Digan. Engraved by Elsa Catelin.
2023 Marianne de l’Avenir de Balez: Creation: Olivier Balez. Engraving: Pierre Bara.

Release date: November 7, 2023

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Commander René Mouchotte 1914 – 1943

 

 

offset / intaglio

René Mouchotte, epic of a FAFL who died for France 80 years ago (air-cosmos.com)

Designer: Pierre-André Cousin
Engraver: Elsa Catelin

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Great Hours of the History of France – The Battle of Castillon – 1453

 

 

2 stamps on souvenir sheet, cancel, philatelic souvenir
Intaglio

On July 14, 1453, French and English forces clashed in a battle that signaled the end of the 100 Years War. The French succeeded in driving the English out of the country with this last fight. 

Two figures depicted on the stamps are King Charles VII and the Grand Master of Artillery Jean Bureau

Castillon: Last Battle of the Hundred Years’ War – Warfare History Network

Designer/engraver: Louis Boursier   

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Phryges – Collectors on the Road to 2024

4 stamps
offset

Phryges is the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascot.

Release date: November 13, 2023

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76th Autumn Philatelic Show  

Each fall, the Paris show offer an extensive list of stamps available for purchase. Details for each stamp can be found under their individual entry on this page. 

This year the show took place:

Wednesday, November 8 to Friday, November 10, 2023
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. *except Friday with a close time of 5 p.m.

Espace Champerret Hall A – FREE ADMISSION 
6, rue Jean Ostreicher 75017 Paris – Metro Porte de Champerret

3 temporary cancels were offered

 

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Poster XIIth Congress of the Universal Postal Union, Paris 1947

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Victory of Samothrace Block  

Designer: Ségolène CARRON 
Drawing and engraving: Jean-Antonin DELZERS

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Sport Block Case  

Contains “SPORT Couleur Passion” stamps issued from 2019 to 2023.

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PHILAGENDA 2024

 

The Philagendea is a diary collectors can use to track their purchases. It came with a block of 4 stamps

Stamps: 

• Designer of the set: Stéphanie Ghinéa.  
  1952 stamps “Swimming” YT 960 
  Designer: André Jacquemin
  Engrave: Charles-Paul Dufresne 
• “Fencing” 
  Designer: André Jacquemin
  Engraver Charles Mazelin 
• “Athletics”  
  Designer: André Jacquemin
  Engraver: Raoul Serres 
• “Hippisme”
  Designer: André Jacquemin
  Engraver: René Cottet

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Marianne Leaves – the last of the Marianne Committed Green Letter & International stamps

Designer: Arobace
Engraver: Elsa Catelin

I’m happy to report I managed to get 2 of the Marianne Internationals this year… so I’m a happy cat!

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Collector’s on the Road to Paris 2024

sheet of 4 stamps

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Maria Callas 1923 – 1977

Designer: Florence GENDRE using a photo by Jerry TIFFANY                 

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Robert Nanteuil 1623 – 1678

Designer: Sarah LAZAREVIC 
Engraver: Pierre ALBUISSON

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Commander René Mouchotte 1914-1943 – Airmail

 

  

Designer: Pierre-André Cousin
Engraver: Elsa Catelin

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Great Hours of French History / The Battle of Castlillion 1453

 

Designer: Genevieve MAROT

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Antique Toys

Designer: Christelle GUÉNOT

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BOOKLETS MARIANNE THE COMMITTED
cover reads: 76th Autumn Philatelic Show.
Green letter stamps

NFT stamps

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Rosa Bonheur 1822-1899  

This stamp was picked as the most beautiful stamp of 2022

Designer: Bruno GHIRINGHELLI

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French Polynesia  

Designer: André LAVERGNE

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Antique Toys

 

 

12 stamps in booklet
photogravure

Designer: Christelle Guénot

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Marianne of the Future

 

 

 

 

 

3 stamps, 1 newsletter service stamp, 1 international stamp, cancel, stamp pack, info sheet, philatelic souvenir, stamp block, pre-stamped card, souvenir ticket 
intaglio

This is the latest face of the famous Marianne series. A new design was chosen November 7, 2023, and unveiled by President of the Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron.

Designer: Olivier Balez
Engraver: Pierre Bara

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Robert Nanteuil 1623-1678

 

 

1 stamp, 12 stamps on sheet, cancel
Intaglio

Designer: Sarah Lazarevic using a self-portrait by Nanteuil
Engraver: Pierre Albuisson

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Maria Calas 1923-1977

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
Photogravure

Designer: Florence Gendre from photo Jerry Tiffany

Release date: November 13, 2023

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Jorge SEMPRÚN 1923 – 2011

 

 

1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
photogravure

Designer: Stéphanie Ghinéa
Photographer: Raphaël Gaillarde

Release date: November 23, 2023

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Stamps of 2023

 

 

 

This set of stamps is set up with different categories:

• Artists and their art
• News and society
• Histories of History
• Cultural and natural sites

Also includes an 8-page booklet Gustave Eiffel, engineer of genius

Release date: November 27, 2023

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December

MARIANNE THE COMMITTED & 1938 TYPE CÉRÈS 85 YEARS OLD 

2 sheets of 6
intaglio

Two classic stamps included in this booklet. The Marianne the Committed is paired with the 1938 Cérès stamp.

Designer: Patte & Besset
Marianne the Committed: Yseult YZ Digan; engraving by Elsa Catelin
Cérès: Jacques-Jean Barre