France – Scott # 299, used
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France Scott #299 (1931) is a used commemorative honoring the memory of Verdun, featuring a symbolic WWI battlefield landscape. Ideal for military history and classic France collections.
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Description
France Scott #299, issued in 1931, is a used commemorative stamp depicting a World War I battlefield landscape associated with Verdun, one of the most significant and devastating sites of the Great War.
The design presents a panoramic view combining a townscape with a prominent church spire in the foreground and rolling terrain marked by battlefield symbols in the distance. Aircraft overhead and memorial crosses embedded in the landscape evoke both the destruction and remembrance tied to Verdun. Executed in fine engraved line work and printed in green, the stamp reflects the solemn commemorative tone of France’s interwar memorial issues. The denomination is 2 francs, and the stamp bears RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE – POSTES.
This example is postally used, showing a visible cancellation and solid overall presentation. A meaningful issue for collectors of World War I remembrance, French military history, or interwar commemoratives.
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