FRANCE - 1963 March 2: An 50 francs black brown postage stamp depicting Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey") by contrast with the Abbaye aux Dames ("Ladies' Abbey"), is a former Benedictine monastery in the French city of Caen, Normandy, dedicated to Saint Stephen. It was founded in 1063[1] by William the Conqueror and is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Normandy

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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: 5300px × 3500px
Location: Arbois, France
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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