France 1965 Bourges Cathedral

• Label : "La Poste (France)"; 1965; commemorative stamp of the issue "Congress of the French Federation of Philatelic Society 1965 in Bourges"
  

(issue of 1 stamp)

Note:
Meant is the town Bourges in the Département "Cher" in the Région "Centre-Val-de-Loire" in France. The there cathedral is the seat of an archbishop.

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 1512; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1453; Scott: No. 1124; AFA: No. 1537
• Color : greyish blue to blue / carmine brown to lilac brown
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 0.40 (Francs)
• Postage validity : since 05 June 1965
• Designed by :

- André Spitz (1883-1977) (design)

- André Frères (1902-1977) (design and engraving)

• Printed by : "Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste", Paris (probably)
• Print process : Recess printing on normal paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K13
• Print run : 7,780,000 in sheets à 50 stamps
• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 22.0 x 35.5 mm
• Variant : stamp also imperforate

Commemorative stamp of the issue "Congress of the French Federation of Philatelic Society 1965 in Bourges"
(issue of 1 stamp)

Stamp

mint

Michel No. 1512, mint

postmarked

Michel No. 1512, postmarked