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Monday, 19 April 2021

1798) The Adventures of Asterix the Gaul: 60th Anniversary of Asterix (1959-2019) celebrated by LaPoste France (French Post) through a booklet of 12 postage stamps: Date of Stamps issue: 07.06.2019:

1798) The Adventures of Asterix the Gaul: 60th Anniversary of Asterix (1959-2019) celebrated by LaPoste France (French Post) through a booklet of 12 postage stamps: Date of Stamps issue: 07.06.2019:

About Asterix Comics:

"Asterix" or "The Adventures of Asterix" or  "Astérix" or "Astérix le Gaulois" (in French) or "Asterix the Gaul"  is a bande dessinée - French or Belgian French-language - "Banded Strips Comic" Series about Gaulish warriors, who have adventures and fight the Roman Republic during the era of Julius Caesar in an ahistorical telling of the time after the Gallic Wars.

The series first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote on 29.10.1959.

 It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo until Goscinny's death in 1977.

 Uderzo then took over the writing until 2009, when he sold the rights to publishing company Hachette.

Uderzo passed away in 2020.

 In 2013, a new team consisting of Jean-Yves Ferri (script) and Didier Conrad (artwork) took over.

By 2019, 38 volumes had been released.

About Astérix Postage stamps by La Poste, France:

In 2009, La Poste France celebrated 50 years in 2009 with a block of stamps.

In 2019, La Poste celebrated the 60th Anniversary of Asterix through a Stamps Booklet.

The Stamps Booklet

The 12 stamps issued in this booklet were associated with 12 characters of the village: 

Asterix, Obelix, Idéfix, Falbala, Panoramix, Abraracourcix, Bonemine, Assurancetourix, Agecanonix, Mrs. Agecanonix, Ordralfabétix, Cetautomatix.

Technical details:

Issue Date: 07.06.2019

Designer: Agence Youz

Process: Heliogravure

Size (s): 256.00 mm x 54.00 mm

Values: €10.56






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