Trésors de la Philatélie
The engraving of the stamp, a sensitive subject at the heart of the French philately, is one of the reasons why the post to choose a panel of the most beautiful stamps.
A study done for the post to various public and selection by a committee allowed the philatelic event unexpected by collectors.
Thus we find the historical heritage of the French philately from 1928 to 1959 « les joyaux de l’âge d’or ».
These reprints, 5-color on a single sheet, the delight of old and as lovers "intaglio".
We will meet again this famous selection every year until 2018 for the last series of 10 stamps.
In 2014, the first series celebrates the engravers: Decaris (remember the Rooster), Gandon (author
of the famous series "Marianne"), A.Delzers and LPRigal (who given back the “Smile to Reims”) HENRY CHEFFER (and his ”Pont du
Gard”), Achilles Ouvré (who sketched many portrait of which Jacques Cartier and Victor Hugo), Antonin Delzers (famous for "Peace" series), Fernand Bivel
and Abel Mignon (notorious for the Arc de Triomphe, Mont Saint-Michel or headdresses of the provinces), Clément
Kieffer and Jules Piel (authors of Rozier Pilâtres and La Marseillaise by Rude), René Cottet (signs the stamp "jumping" of the series of Helsinki Olympics 1952),
Pierre Munier (famous for the "conquest of the south Atlantic" in 1936 or "Philippe Auguste" in 1955).
Here for the first series ...
