Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

Graphics in Publicity Posters (2020)

     

On sale Yes
Face value 2 Souvenir sheets 9,60 €
Stamp description

continuing the Graphics theme in publicity posters, philatelic souvenir sheets reproduce:

Lucien Lefèvre: Exposition Internationale “Cycles & Sports” (1892). Parigi, Bibliothèque des Arts Dècoratifs.
©2020. De Agostini Picture Library/Scala, Firenze.
The visual communication of the manifesto is dominated by a cycling race, a sport created in the second half of the 19th century which fast became internationally popular.  The most well-known sports – mountaineering, horse riding, fencing, wrestling – are harmoniously arranged around the sides. The poster is kept in the Bibliothèque des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.

Charles-Léonce Brossé: Aviation Meeting, Nice (1910).
©2020. De Agostini Picture Library/Scala, Firenze.
Between 1909 and 1911, with the very rapid development of aviation, aeronautical meetings multiplied. The poster depicts the meeting held in Nice from 10 to 25 April 1910. The plane, positioned to make the engine visible, flies over the coast while the pilot scatters roses. The red eagle on a shield, the Nice coat of arms, has wings like those of a plane. The poster is kept in the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace in Paris.

Date of issue 25 September 2020.
Face values one € 4.80 stamp in two souvenir sheets for a total of € 9.60.
Size Exposition Internationale “Cycles & Sports”: 40 x 44 mm ; Meeting d’Aviation, Nice: 52 x 40 mm.
Perforation Exposition Internationale “Cycles & Sports”: 13 ½ x 13 ½ ; Meeting d’Aviation, Nice: 13 x 13.
Souvenir sheet size 120 x 180 mm.
Print run three thousand numbered souvenir sheets for each subject.
Printed by offset. Cartor Security Printing, La Loupe, Francia.