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Canadian postage stamps

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French Postage Stamps

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French postage stamp with illustration depicting the 1788 uprising in Grenoble (Journée des Tuiles*) - which is considered by some as the starting point of the French Revolution.

*Roof tiles Day- named after the “shower” of roof tiles dropped over a group of soldiers sent to Grenoble to put an end to that revolt. Apparently at some point one of them injured a 75 year old civilian with a bayonet and therefore folksmen climbed to roof tops and started throwing tiles at them;

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Postage stamp from France depicting Lucky Luke, created in 1946 by Morris, a Belgian cartoonist.