AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia. Lucy was named after the 1967 song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the Beatles.
Julie-Victorie Daubié (1824 – 1874) was a French journalist. She was the first woman to have graduated from a French university in 1871.
Françoise Sagan (1935 – 2004) was a French writer. Her best-known novel was her first, Bonjour Tristesse (1954). On the selvedge, however, you see the title of another of her works: Des bleus à l'âme (1972).
3 femmes très différentes qui ont toutes marqué leur époque :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great compilation on a beautiful envelope! Wow, to the Lucy stamp and its story.
ReplyDeleteA stamp for the fossil Lucy! I did not know this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence they were on the same envelope! Lucy was a great choice, I was surprised by it!
ReplyDeleteLucy looks rather happy on this stamp! I really like the design of the second one.
ReplyDeleteI love the Lucy stamp and I just received it on a postcard yesterday!
ReplyDeleteI see that all you love Lucy! It is a great stamp, indeed :)
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