1740) Jean De La Fontaine, Hungary: 400th Birth Anniversary: "For Youth": A Special Miniature Sheet (MS) of four Postage stamps of 145 HUF each, with two Stamps having a surcharge of 75 HUF each to support the collection of stamps by youth, released by Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post): Date of Stamps issue: 08.03.2021:
About "For Youth 2021" - 400 Years Since the Birth of Jean De La Fontaine:
Magyar Posta has commemorated the work of the French writer Jean De La Fontaine on the occasion of his 400th Birth Anniversary, by issuing a special Miniature Sheet.
Magyar Posta will use the amount of the surcharge received from the sale of the Miniature Sheets (MS), which contain two stamps with surcharge, i.e. a total of HUF 150 per Miniature Sheet, to support the collection of stamps by youth.
About Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695):
Jean 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 famous 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.
The Special Miniature Sheet (MS):
Each stamp is of 145 HUF denomination each on the Special Miniature Sheet (MS) includes illustrations of famous fables, while two Stamps carry a surcharge of 75 HUF on them as mentioned in the description above:
i) The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse,
ii) The Wolf and the Stork,
iii) The Two Bulls and the Frog and
iv) The Grasshopper and the Ant.
The framework drawing shows a drawing composition of the fable The Raven and the Fox.
The FDC 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. The special Post Mark/Handstamp is dated - "08.03.2021".
Technical details:
Issue Date: 08.03.2021
Designer: Graphic Artist Zsolt Vidák
Printer: The special Miniature Sheet consisting of four stamps was produced by the ANY Biztonsági Nyomda Nyrt
Process: Offset
Colours: 4-colour
No. of Miniature Sheets printed: 20,000 copies
Stamp Size(s): 40.0 mm x 30.0 mm
Stamp Values: HUF 580 (4 Stamps of 145 HUF each) +150 (Surcharge on 2 Stamps).
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