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Jean De La Fontaine was born 400 years ago

Magyar Posta commemorates the work of the French writer Jean De La Fontaine on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birth by issu-ing a special miniature sheet. Magyar Posta will use the amount of the surcharge received from the purchased miniature sheets which contain two stamps with surcharge, i.e. a total of HUF 150 per miniature sheet, to support the collection of stamps by youth. The special miniature sheet consisting of four stamps was produced by the ANY Biztonsági Nyomda Nyrt. in 20 000 copies, based on the plans of graphic artist Zsolt Vidák. The new issue is available from Filaposta, philately special-ist services, certain post offices and at www.posta.hu.

La Fontaine smallJean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry, 8 July 1621, Paris – 13 April 1695) was a French writer and poet. At a young age, he wanted to become a priest, but later he chose the legal profession and worked as a lawyer. He then left his office and devoted most of his life exclusively to literature. He became fa-mous for his poetic fables which are witty, instructive stories. His fables were published in 12 books, the first six being written for the young heir to the throne, for which he translated Phaedrus’s well-known fables into French in poetic form. The next six were written not so much for children, but for the adult readers. Woven into fairy tales, he criticised the social morals of his age, the failings of humans, with sharp irony.
Each stamp denomination on the special miniature sheet includes illustra-tions of famous fables: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Wolf and the Stork, The Two Bulls and the Frog and The Grasshopper and the Ant. The framework drawing shows a drawing composition of the fable The Raven and the Fox. The special envelope features a portrait of Jean de La Fontaine, and the postmark also contains the image of a raven with a piece of cheese in its beak from the fable called The Raven and the Fox.

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  • Order code:
    2021090040011 (miniature sheet)
    2021090060012 (FDC)
  • Issued on: 8 March 2021
  • Face value: Miniature sheet: HUF 580+150 (On the date of issue, the stamp worth HUF 145 covers the fee for the service of domestic non-priority mail items up to 50 g, postcards and picture postcards. The 2 x HUF 75 surcharge may not be used to pay for postage.)
  • Printing technique: 4-colour offset
  • Number of copies: 20 000 pcs
  • Perforated size: 40 x 30 mm
  • Imperforate size: 120 x 80 mm
  • Paper type: White, wood-free, surface-treated, gummed stamp paper with optical whitener
  • Manufactured by: ANY Biztonsági Nyomda Nyrt.
  • Designed by Zsolt Vidák

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