Rimbaud, 1854-1891
by Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur, 1854-1891.) Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904, after
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About This Item
Paris, 1951 ¶ The earliest postage-stamp -- and still the only French stamp -- devoted to Arthur Rimbaud; displaying a powerful portrait of the poet after Fantin-Latour (1872) with a storm-tossed boat and two great waterspouts in the background; designed by Paul Pierre Lemagny (1905-1977), engraved by G. A. Barlangue, and first issued at Charleville, 27 October 1951. Petitfils remarks that this stamp was "un grand succès", and that eighteen thousand were sold immediately. ||| FULL SHEET OF FIFTY engraved postage-stamps (each 26 x 40 mm) denominated 15 F, printed in green ink on wove paper unmarked, plate no. 31681, cipher (pressmark) "IJ 3", full margins, dimensions 309 x 278 mm overall. Condition: Near mint; partial fold-separations 5 cm center left and right. References: BN/Briet (1954) 1148; Petitfils (1984) 111 (pages 77-78); qqv. Yvert 910; Scott 668. < "Scott 668" = _Scott standard postage stamp catalogue_ 2004, v2 (sv France). p1053, no. 668 > .
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- Bookseller
- Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000463
- Title
- Rimbaud, 1854-1891
- Author
- Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur, 1854-1891.) Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904, after
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur 1854 1891 France Ministère des Postes Télégraphes et Téléphones Paris 1951 French literature littérature française litterature francaise poet poets poetry poéte poé
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABE current; ¶ current; French Literature; Rimbaud;
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Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts
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Monmouth Beach, New Jersey
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