Description: This vintage definitive postage stamp from the Fourth French Republic showcases the famous "Marianne de Gandon" design rendered in a vibrant monochromatic orange-vermilion ink palette. The composition centers on a bold close-up profile portrait of Marianne, the national personification of France, wearing her symbolic Phrygian cap against a solid background field. The large face value "15f" (15 francs) occupies the upper-right corner area, with the word "POSTES" oriented vertically beneath it within a framed panel layout. The interlocking initials "RF" representing République Française sit nestled in the bottom-left corner box, while the small cursive signatures of artist Pierre Gandon on the left and engraver Henri Cortot on the right line the very bottom edge. A heavy black commercial machine wave cancellation strikes horizontally across the central portrait.
Circa: 1945-1949
Condition: Used - Hinged
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