Stamps of France: French Provisional Government Pages

New pages from "Stamps of France" collection. The "1944/46 French Provisional Government" is the new theme on-line. Visit the new pages. Novas páginas da colecção "Stamps of France". O "Governo Provisório Francês de 1944/1946" é o novo tema agora disponibilizado neste blog. Visite as novas págin...

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Stamps of France: 1044/46 Provisional Government

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (1944 – 1946)   Preamble Charles de Gaulle (a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II) rejected the armistice concluded by Maréchal Philippe Pétain and Nazi Germany, and had escaped to Britain, exhorted the French to resist in his BBC broadcast "Appeal of 18 June" (Appel...

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Germany On Stamps: Third Reich - 1938 Pages

  New stamps, letters and postcards from Third Reich. The 1938 pages are now on-line. Novos selos, cartas e postais do Terceiro Reich. As páginas de 1938 estão agora disponíveis. Third Reich pages // Páginas do Terceiro Rei...

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Stamps of France: Louis XIV

LOUIS XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715)   Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or "le Roi-Solei" (the Sun King), was born in the Chateau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, about 19 km of Paris, and died in Versailles, France. He was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. He holds the distinction of being the longest-reigning king in European...

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Stamps of France: Louis II

 LOUIS II, PRINCE OF CONDÉ (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686)   Louis II of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, was born in Paris and died in Fontainebleau, France. He was a French general and the most famous representative of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Prior to his father's death in 1646, he was styled the Duke of Enghien. For his military...

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Stamps of France: Jules Hardouin-Mansart

JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART (16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708)   Jules Hardouin-Mansart was born in Paris and died at Marly-le Roi, in France. He was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex of French Baroque architecture, representing the power and grandeur of Louis XIV. Hardouin-Mansart was one of the most important European architects of...

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Stamps of France: Languedoc

LANGUEDOC   Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyrénées. The province of Languedoc covered an area of approximately 42,700 km² (16,490 sq. miles) in the central part of southern France, roughly...

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Stamps of France: Orléanais

ORLÉANAIS   Orléanais is one of the old French provinces and is situating around the cities of Orleans, Chartres and Blois. It comprised not only the territory of the original count ship and the later duchy of Orléans but also a number of adjacent lands. In terms of modern départements it includes most of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, and Eure-et-Loir, with parts of...

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Stamps of France - Lyonnais

LYONNAIS   The Lyonnais is a historical province of France which owes its name to the city of Lyon. It's located in the southeast of the present department of the Rhone. The geographical area known as the Lyonnais became part of the Kingdom of Burgundy after the division of the Carolingian Empire. The disintegration of Imperial control, especially after...

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Germany On Stamps: New Marienwerder Stamps

New Stamps from Marienwerder with Overprint "Comission Interalliée Marienwerder". Novos Selos de Marienwerder com Impressão Sobreposta "Comission Interalliée Marienwerder".   1920 - Marienwerder Stamps Page // 1920 - Página de Selos de Marienwerder...

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Germany On Stamps: Marienwerder History

MARIENWERDER (KWIDZYN) Kwidzyn, formerly Marienwerder, is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa River. It extends over an area of 22 square kilometres, with 39 930 inhabitants, according to the 2007 census. It has been a part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. It is the capital of Kwidzyn County. History The Teutonic Knights founded an Ordensburg (fortress...

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