FRANCE - 1935 June 12: An 1,50 francs deep rose postage stamp depicting Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, known as Cardinal Richelieu. French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the title "Eminence" applied to cardinals and the red robes that they customarily wear. Tercentenary of the founding of the French Academy by Cardinal Richelieu

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France. Postage stamps All this postage stamps, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 3600px × 5400px
Location: Paris, France
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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