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France has fifty-four World Heritage sites: forty five are cultural, seven are natural sites, and two are both. They have applications pending with UNESCO for thirty-two more sites.

Provins

The town Provins is located in northern France. It predates the Roman times – in fact, there were people living there during the Paleolithic period, during the Stone Age. It’s ancient and is currently known for Medieval fairs. The first stamp on the first and second row of this album show the St. Quiriace Collegiate Church in Provins.

Mont-Saint-Michel

The tidal island town, Mont-Saint-Michel is located near to the coast of Normandy. During the Middle Ages, a monastery was built on the island. Subsequently, the island was made into a fortress. You cann see a photo of the structure on the second stamps on both the first and second row. This photo doesn’t show how spectacular it is to see. When the tide comes in, the village is surrounded by water over ten meters deep. You have to wait until the tide goes out to visit or leave the island. I’ve never been there, but have long wanted to see it in person.

Seine River

The first stamp on the third row of this album page shows the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. That’s not a World Heritage site and not what the stamp commemorates. Instead, the site is the banks of the Seine River in Paris – which is where the cathdral is located. It seems kind of odd to me to declare a river bank a World Heritage site. I guess all of the things along that river are cultural treasures: there’s the Palais de Louvre, the Eifel Tower, and many other great French architecture.

Pont du Gard

The Pont du Gard aqueduct in France is the most well preserved Roman aqueduct – you can see it in the stamp at the end of the third row. It was built around the year 19 c.e. – while Jesus was still working with his father as a carpenter. Over ten million gallons of water were transported every day for a distance of over thirty miles from the Fontaine d’Eure springs to provide water to the inhabitants of Nîmes. The structure includes three levels: one for the flow of water; two tiers for foot and livestock traffic across the Gardon River.

Carcassonne

Carcassonne is a fortified city in the southern end of France near the Pyrénées mountains. It was designated a World Heritage site because of its exceptionally preserved and restored medieval citadel. You can see it in the first stamp on the last row.

Château de Chambord

France has many châteaux or castles of various types and from different periods, many of which are located in the Loire Valley. The grandest château of all is the one at Chambord. It’s the one you probably envision when someone mentions châteaux – it’s shown in the last stamp on this page’. I went there one Summer with my wife. It’s spectacular and worth visiting.

Note

The first two stamps on this album page were sold in sheets of individual stamps. Whereas, the other six were sold in a booklet with images and text describing the sites.

Contains 8 spots: own 8 – 8 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

World Heritage Site

1.1	✓	915	Banks of the Seine	39 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	916	Roman Aqueduct	84 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	917a	Banks of the Seine	24 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	917d	Roman Aqueduct	39 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	917b	Tower of Caesar	24 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	917e	Mont Saint Michel	39 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	917c	Carcassone	24 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	917f	Castle of Chambord	39 (jun 2006) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

• Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).

• Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.

• Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.

• To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.

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