French Philately Quote Of The Year: By Inna Shevchenko

I think this quote sums up the controversy regarding the new Marianne 2014 stamps:

FEMEN is on French stamp.Now all homophobes,extremists,fascists will have to lick my ass when they want to send a letter. @Femen_France
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) July 15, 2013

Now a little background. The latest Marianne stamps design, issued this year, was inspired by Femen leader Inna Shevchenko and it sparked a lot of controversy, especially from right-wing Christians. The topless Femen leader was seen hacking a cross in one of her public appearance.

 

By FEMEN Women's Movement (Flickr: FEMEN "Blue Bucket"  protest) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

France 2013 Complete Mint Collection

Now available at La Poste, the complete 2013 yearbook. Priced at 87 euros it contains all stamps and souvenir sheets issued in 2013. Note that it includes only the regular "philatelic" gummed issues. None of the so called "collector"  adhesive souvenir sheets (which amount at a couple of hundreds euros per years).

France 2013 collection available at La Poste