Stamp Desk / Pounds and dollars
France, 1902 (Rights of Man)
A seated allegorical figure holding a tablet, with a large value in a shield.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE along the bottom: France.
- 1REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE
- 2DROITS DE L’HOMME
- 3POSTES
- Inscription
- POSTES · 20 · DROITS DE L’HOMME · REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE
- Meaning
- “Posts”, “Rights of Man”, “French Republic”, carved in the Roman style with V for U.
- Issued by
- France
- Today
- France Flag of France
- Year
- 1902. Retouched design issued in 1902.
- Made by
- Louis-Eugène Mouchon (design and engraving, died 1914)
One fact
Louis-Eugène Mouchon’s design shows a seated figure holding a tablet of the Rights of Man; this is the retouched type issued in 1902.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer and engraver Louis-Eugène Mouchon died 1914. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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