14 May 2023

Sunday Stamps | Born in Paris

Women on Stamps is a favourite theme. So, difficult to choose stamps with a common thread among the received stamps for today's Sunday Stamps...

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
Philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist

Sophie Calle (1953)
Writer, photographer, installation artist and conceptual artist

Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1741)
Natural philosopher and mathematician

Françoise Dolto (1908-1988)
Paediatrician and psychoanalyst

Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017)
Actress, singer, screenwriter and director

12 comments:

  1. Lovely French collection!

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  2. Je n'avais pas prêté attention au fait que Jeanne Moreau avait joué dans un film intitulé "Eva" et puis que Dolto et De Beauvoir étaient nées et décédées les mêmes années .

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    1. the birth and death of both De Beauvoir and Dolto in the same years is a cool coincidence!

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    2. En fait je viens de m'apercevoir que Simone De Beauvoir est décédée en 1986 :(

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    3. Merci, j'ai emmené l'erreur.

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  3. I knew of the first and last of your women, but the others were new - Dolto, especially, had an interesting life.

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    1. She had. I learn from her thanks to this stamp.

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  4. Thank you for sharing! I know Moreau only as an actress, interesting that she did much more.

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  5. The De Beauvoir stamp is lovely, with the bonus of a great selvedge. Like your Parisian theme.

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    1. I love it to. I like stamps showing handwritings :)

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