2014 France Potpourri Stamps Booklets

A beautiful 10 stamps booklet featuring a sample of 10 2014 France stamps. These are adhesive and are smaller then the original gummed stamps. They all have face values, none of them are those "Forever" stamps.

Issued on September 25 2014, it was issued for the Philatelic exhibition "Salon Planete Timbre".

Good Luck Adding These 2014 France Souvenir Sheets to Your Collection

The treasures of French philately is a new collection that will be issued over the next 5 years. It will feature 50  line engraved France stamps. Only line engraved stamps that are the most emblematic of this method of printing have been chosen for this collection. Each souvenir sheet has a little bit of history about the stamp depicted.

The first set of 10 mini sheets (10 sheet x 5 years = 50 mini sheets.......!!!!) will be available in pre-release at "Salon Planète Timbres Paris 2014" on June 15th. It is already available to professional re sellers since May 12th.

I do believe they will not only be expensive (120 euros for this year set of 10 souvenir sheets), they will also be scarce. Limited to 30 000 sets I can see some sellers trying to get as many as they can and hoard them until they can sell them back with a scarce premium.

It's a lot of money, 600 euros, if you want them all. Add all the "collector" issues France is doing lately and you are getting a very expensive collection. No wonder some people stop collecting modern French stamps. Oh and there is no way you'll find any of these in used condition.

So here's one of the souvenir sheet:

Yes it's a beauty, but at 12 euros a mini sheet, it better be.....

Trésors de la Philatélie: France 2014 stamps

2014 China-France Joint Issue

France issued 2 new stamps as part of a joint issue with China. The theme is the special, and fragile link between a city and its river. The stamps feature Paris and the Seine and the other one feature the city on Qinhuai and the Nankin river. One is for local mail and the other is for international 20 grams international post.

France China 2014 stamps joint issue

The Way Of Saint James New France 2014 Souvenir Sheet

This is the third souvenir sheet in a series started in 2012. This year the souvenir sheet depict views from the city of Pons, Moissac, Auch and Bazas. Face values of the stamps are 0,83 euros (which is the rate for 20 grams letters to the European Union countries).

This is a beautiful engraved souvenir sheet. Issue date: March 17th 2014

2014 First France Art Stamps

Tokyo is the name of this photography by artist Maxime Bruno. It's an high face value at 1,65 euros.

If You Think a Cow is a Cow, Think Again

This new France 2014 booklet features 12 different cows found in different French regions. Includes: Armoricaine, Béarnaise, Casta, Bordelaise, Bretonne Pie Noir, Ferrandaise, Lourdaise, Maraîchine, Mirandaise, Nantaise, Saosnoise and illard de Lans. These are all rare cows, protected and raised because they are part of the French patrimony. The don't produce as much as our modern cows, but are important nonetheless.

Ave Caesar! New 2014 France Stamp: Arles' Caesar head

This new stamp features the Julius Caesar head found in the Rhone river in Arles in 2011.

France 2014 Chinese Year Of The Horse Stamps

A beautiful souvenir sheet of 5 stamps was issued last week to commemorate the Chinese Year of the horse.

France 2014 Year of the horse stamps

Also a special edition souvenir sheet folder featuring one stamp:

Anne De Bretagne on a New 2014 France Stamp

Latest France issue: Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany) 500th anniversary of her death.
She was the ruler of Brittany as well of the wife of 2 French Kings: Charles VII and Louis XII

2014 France Valentine Hearts Postage Stamps: Baccarat

This year glass maker Baccarat has the honor of being featured on the Valentine themed heart stamps. Since 2000 (with the exception of 2002), this honor have always been awarded to the French fashion designers such as Chanel, Cacharel, Lanvin etc.

These come in souvenir sheet and 2 values both on gummed and adhesive back.

See all France Valentine's Day stamps here: France Valentine Day Stamps

2 Booklets are The First 2014 France Stamps Issues: Physics And Astrology

The first 2014 stamps were issued today as a 12 stamps booklet. A  very colorful booklet named "dynamiques" on the topic of the physics of movement.

France physics booklet

French Postal Service: Price Increase

On January 1st 2013, La Poste updated their prices. Which means..... new Marianne stamps somewhere in the future to reflect this new price structure. Will keep you posted.

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

France cover: Wile E Coyote maximum card

From the 2009 "fete du timbre" stamps set, here's a fun maximum card depicting the famous (infamous?) Wile E Coyote. The set includes 3 stamps from the Looney Tunes Cartoons: Wile Coyote and Road Runner, Sylvester and Tweety Bird, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

The new 2011 Marianne stamps are here

July 1st in France rhyme with postal rates increase hence new Marianne stamps! The 7 new Marianne will be available today. No new design, it will still be the Marianne de Beaujard but with new values and colors.

You can have a look at those new Marianne here

Buy your French stamps directly from La Poste

Did you know? You can order all the new France stamps issues directly on La Poste (the French postal service) webpage? They have a shopping cart, with credit card payment. Shipping charges are 4.50 € for all orders under 40 €, free for orders over 40 euros (2.50 euros extra for registered mail on any order under 100 euros). Orders over 100 euros ships for free (by registered mail only).

Please don't forget that depending where you live, you could be subject to duty charges, collected by your government. All packages send by La Poste have their custom declaration forms filled with the value of your purchase.

Here's the link to La poste philatelic website

Welcome to collecting France stamps blog

Welcome to the collecting France stamps blog. This blog was started as a complement to my collecting France postage stamps webpage.

The blog will feature the latest news about France stamps, pictures of France stamps collection, links and various philatelic news.

I hope to see you around, feel free to post comments or questions, I will do my best to answer.