• Source: Postage stamps and postal history of France

      • This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of France.


      First stamps




      = Second Republic

      =

      The first stamps of France were issued on 1 January 1849. They were designed by Jacques-Jean Barre. The medallion depicts the head of goddess Ceres facing left.
      In 1852 a new series of definitive stamps were issued, retaining the inscription "REPUB FRANC" but replacing Ceres with the head of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.


      = Second Empire

      =

      In 1853, after proclamation of the 2nd Empire, the inscription was changed to "EMPIRE FRANC", while retaining the head of Napoleon III in the medallion.
      Starting in 1862, a new type of definitive stamp was introduced. It depicts the head of Napoleon III with a laurel wreath and the inscription changed to "EMPIRE-FRANÇAIS".
      The Napoleon stamps remained in use until the fall of the 2nd Empire in 1870.


      = Third Republic

      =

      The Ceres series stamps, in a slightly different design and printed in lithography, were reintroduced in 1870 and remained in use until 1876. In 1876 a new design of definitive stamps was introduced. It was designed by Jules Auguste Sage and displayed an allegory of Commerce and Peace.


      See also


      Ceres series (France)
      French post offices abroad
      Peace and Commerce issue
      Navigation and Commerce issue
      Postage stamps of the French colonies


      References




      Further reading


      Hoisington, William A. (Jr) (Spring 1973). "Politics and Postage Stamps: The Postal Issues of the French State and Empire 1940-1944". French Historical Studies. 7 (3): 349–67. doi:10.2307/286219. JSTOR 286219.


      External links


      The France & Colonies Philatelic Society (UK)

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