German Caroline Islands new Postcard dated 1900.Postal das Ilhas Carolinas Alemãs, datado de 1900.Visit the 1900 German Caroline Islands Postcards Page // Visite a Página dos Postais de 1900 das Ilhas Carolinas Alemãs...
Feb 29, 2012
Stamps of France: Marshal Henri Pétain
MARSHAL HENRI PÉTAIN(24 April 1856, born in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, France – 23 July 1951, died in Île d'Yeu, France)Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain, generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain), was a French General who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français), from 1940...
Germany on Stamps: German East Africa Postcard
New German East Africa Postcard, dated from 1911.Novo Postal da África Oriental Alemã, datado de 1911.Visit the 1911 German East Africa Postcards Page // Visite a Página dos Postais de 1911 da África Oriental Alemã...
Stamps of France: Poet Frédéric Mistral
POET FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL
(8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914)
Frédéric Mistral was a French writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language or Provençal (of Provence), a Romanic language spoken in southern France. He was born in Maillane in the "Bouches-du-Rhône département", in southern France.
Mistral won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 and was a founding member...
Stamps of France: Hotel-Dieu de Beaune
HOTEL-DIEU DE BEAUNEThe "Hospices de Beaune" or "Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune" is a former charitable alms-house in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, as a hospital for the poor and needy.The original hospital building, the Hotel-Dieu, one of the finest examples of French fifteenth-century architecture, is now a museum. The hospice possesses...
Stamps of France: Angers
ANGERSAngers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about 300 km (190 mi) south-west of Paris. Angers proper has a population of 157,000 inhabitants, while 283,000 live in its metropolitan area.Historic capital city and stronghold of Anjou, Angers is one of the intellectual centres of Europe. The city traces its roots to early Roman times and owes...
