French fashion designers on stamps
Each year, for Valentine day, La Poste (the french postal service) issue a different fashion designer stamps set.
These stamps are heart shaped and comes in various denomination as well as souvenir sheets.
These are marvellous tiny pieces of art, and can make a cheap affordable collection.
Table of Contents
- Unusual and beautiful Valentine gifts!
- Yves Saint-Laurent stamps
- Fashion according to Yves Saint-Laurent
- Christian Lacroix designer hearts
- Christian Lacroix reference books
- 2002
- Torrente designer hearts
- French fashion
- Chanel stamps
- Coco Chanel reference books
- Cacharel stamps
- Did you know?
- Cacharel books and dvd's
- Jean-Louis Scherrer valentine stamps
- DVD's on fashion
- Givenchy stamps
- Givenchy at amazon
- Just in!! The new 2008 France stamps!
- Designer stamps on ebay
- Vote for your favorite designer's valentine heart stamps set
- How much can I expect to pay for a collection like this?
- Anything else I can add to this stamp collection?
- I hope you enjoyed this lens!
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Unusual and beautiful Valentine gifts!
Yves Saint-Laurent stamps
The first ever "designer heart" was issued in 2000.
The design was by Yves Saint-Laurent.
2 different stamps were issued: snakes and face (pictured).
These were also available in booklet of 10 self- adhesive stamps, and a souvenir sheet (pictured)
Frankly, the ugliest issue in my opinion.
Fashion according to Yves Saint-Laurent
Christian Lacroix designer hearts
In 2001 it's up to Christian Lacroix to design the valentine heart stamps set.
One stamp and a souvenir sheet were issued. The souvenir sheet is beautiful. A much better set than 2000.
Christian Lacroix reference books
2002
Torrente designer hearts
The designer's valentine stamps are back in 2003 with a set designed by the Torrente fashion house. The souvenir sheet is one of the nicer in my opinion.
French fashion
Chanel stamps
Coco Chanel reference books
Cacharel stamps
My favorite stamp right here. The 2005 0.82 euros designed by Cacharel. The souvenir sheet is also nice. These stamps were also available in a peel-and-stick form (pictured).
Did you know?
A "Cacharel" is a little bird from Camargue (a region in France)?
Cacharel books and dvd's
Jean-Louis Scherrer valentine stamps
DVD's on fashion
Givenchy stamps
Last year was Givenchy's turn to design the Valentine stamps. Not the best set. I was a bit let down as I was expecting something more original.
Givenchy at amazon
Just in!! The new 2008 France stamps!
This year issues are just out! 2 stamps (as well as stick-and-peel version) and a souvenir sheet.Franck Sorbier is the designer. I had to look him up, I had no idea who he was. You can check out is latest collection on his web site: http://www.francksorbier.com/
Designer stamps on ebay
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byVote for your favorite designer's valentine heart stamps set
How much can I expect to pay for a collection like this?
You will not ruin yourself! The souvenir sheets are at the most 10$ a piece. Don't pay more than that per piece!! The regular stamps runs between +- 2-3$ a piece. The peel-and-stick version are a bit harder to find and can run up to 6-8$ (then again, don't pay more than that).
Anything else I can add to this stamp collection?
All the stamps shown here also come on what is called FDC's (First Day Cover). It is a printed enveloppe franked with stamps or souvenir sheet and bearing a special cancel. Some of these FDC's are issued by the post office, some others are issued for stamp shows.
For the cover you can expect to pay anywhere from 10$ to 30$, even more if there is a bidding war. As I said they are rarely offered for sale. If you see one, you grab it, don't wait and "think about it".
I lost a very nice cover that way once!
Here's a few from my collection:
These are much harder to get and more expensive than the stamps and souvenir sheet. I have seen very few around. They are not often offered on ebay because they are scarce, but they are not rare enough to be sold at the big auction houses.
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mulberry
What a beautful collection of stamps, love this lens! Posted May 08, 2008 |
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Tiddledeewinks
Lovely lens. Posted March 20, 2008 |
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Silver_Lotus
I never knew about these stamps - I love them! Thank you for creating this lens. I can't afford most of these designers' clothes, but I can definitely handle the price of stamps.... Posted February 28, 2008 |
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GypsyPirate
What beautiful stamps. Thank you for being part of the Heartfelt Headquarters! Posted February 11, 2008 |
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blogger2
Beautiful gift idea for Valentine's Day Posted February 03, 2008 |
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