FRANCE - 1962: An 20 centimes greenish-blue and carmin-rose postage stamp depicting Gallic Cock and Sunrise. Gallic rooster is a national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a state and its values: the Republic. The rooster is also the symbol of the Wallonia region and the French Community of Belgium


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


Size: 2800px × 3600px
Location: Paris, France
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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