Sunday, June 26, 2011

FRANCE – Cover from Lyon, France to Braga, Portugal


Cover with stamps from the stamp issues ‘Europa 2011 – Les Forêts’, ‘ Europa 2010 – Les Livres pour Enfants’, and ‘250º Anniversaire de la Premiere École Vétérinaire - École Vétérinaire de Lyon’ posted on May, 23 2011.
(Special thanks to my best friend Eric Contesse)

EUROPA stamps are focused on one theme common to each member of the issuing country PostEurop. In 2011, the theme of forests, France chose to illustrate the diversity of its forests - temperate, Mediterranean and mountains, but also overseas - symbolizing the trees by their leaves - a beech, a tree fern, an oak, larch and oak harbor flora and fauna of our forests.

Technical Details
Date of Issue: 9 May 2011
Values: 0.75€
Subject: Europa – Les Forêts
Designer: Christian Broutin
Printer:
Process: Gravure
Size: 40 mm x 30 mm
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Watermark:
Sheet: 42 stamp

2011 is the year of 250th anniversary of the creation of the world's first veterinary school in Lyon, Claude Bourgelat, and consequently that of the veterinary profession. That's why 2011 was declared "World Veterinary Year."

Technical Details
Date of Issue: 16 May 2011
Values: 0.58€
Subject: Ecole vétérinaire de Lyon
Designer: Sophie Beaujard
Printer:
Process: Taille-douce
Size: 40 mm x 30 mm
Perforation:
Paper:
Watermark:
Sheet: 42 stamp

1 comment:

  1. I don't know before visiting this page that the images/objects on the stamps conveys some message. Thanks for all this information.

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