France 1998 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince

From Stamps of the World
  • Date of Issue: September 12, 1998 and December 7, 1998
  • five values, issued in sheets and in a miniature sheet, in a miniature sheet, and as postal stationery maximum cards
  • Design: Charles Bridoux, after Saint-Exupéry (1940s)
  • Printer: I.T.V.F., Boulazac, France
  • Printing Process: gravure
  • Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5

Miniature sheet


contains five 3.00f stamps. Issue date September 12, 1998
miniature sheet sold at 20f (including 5f premium to Philatelic funds)

3.00f x 5

Maximum Cards


set of five cards, official issue with 12.09.1998 Premier Jour PhilexFrance '99 postmark on stamp affixed to reverse
cards also have imprinted Postage Paid indicium on obverse (matching the stamp design)

two of the five cards
two of the five cards

Sheet stamps


issue date December 7, 1998
printed in sheets containing horizontal se-tenant strip of five designs plus two labels

se-tenant strip