France 1957 Tourism - Uzès

• Label : "La Poste (France)"; 1957; commemorative stamp of the issue "Tourism - Uzès";
  

(issue of 1 stamp)

Note:
Meant is the town Uzès in the Département Gard in the Region "L‘Occitanie" (This region was formed in 2016 by merging of the then regions "Languedoc-Roussilon" and "Midi-Pyrénées".) with the castle of Uzès ("Château d‘Uzès").; This castle was built over a Roman "Castrum" as residence of a Roman Governor in the first centuries AD. Later, this castle was the seat of the Dukes of Uzès. The Duchy of Uzès as one of the three Duchies of France.

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 1128; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1099; Scott: No. 825
• Color : blue / brown
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 12 (Franc)
• Postage validity : since 27 April 1957
• Designed by : Raoul Serres (1881-1971) (design and engraving)
• Printed by : "Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste", Paris (probably)
• Print process : Recess printing
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K13
• Print run : 2,980,000 in sheets à 50 stamps
• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 36.0 x 22.5 mm
• Variants :

- stamp also imperforate

- castle in sepia color

Commemorative stamp of the issue "Tourism - Uzès":
(issue of 1 stamp)

Stamp

mint

Michel No. 1128, mint

postmarked

Michel No. 1128, postmarked