FRANCE

FRANCE.

Landscapes.
Seine Valley at Les Andelys (Normandy).
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 05.06.1954.
Face value: 6 French francs.
Design: Albert Decaris (1901-1988).
Engraving: Pierre Munier (1889-1962).
Print: 116,610,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1015.
- Michel No. 1005.
- Scott No. 720.
- StampWorld No. 998.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1206.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 977.

The Seine is a 775-kilometre-long (482 mi) river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank). It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, 120 km (75 mi) from the sea. The name Seine comes from Gaullish Sēquana, from the Celtic Gallo-Roman goddess of the river, offerings for her were found at the source.

Les Andelys is a commune in the northern French department of Eure, in Normandy. Its population, in January 2018, was 8,092 inhabitants.