Cécile Guillame
Cécile Guillame (18 July 1933 in Chassey-les-Montbozon – 4 August 2004) was the first woman who engraved French postal stamps. During the 1950s, she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Nancy and Paris where she chose the art of engraving. The first issued stamp she engraved was for Monaco in 1967 and represented a Cooper-Climax car that won the Grand Prix of Monaco.
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Cécile Guillame
- Name
- Cécile Guillame
- Born
- 18 July 1933
- Birthplace
- Chassey-les-Montbozon, France
- Died
- 4 August 2004
- Occupation
- Engraver
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Cécile Guillame (18 July 1933 in Chassey-les-Montbozon – 4 August 2004) was the first woman who engraved French postal stamps. During the 1950s, she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Nancy and Paris where she chose the art of engraving. The first issued stamp she engraved was for Monaco in 1967 and represented a Cooper-Climax car that won the Grand Prix of Monaco.
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It was originally designed by Pierrette Lambert. Her first stamp for France was issued in 1973 and represented the Clos Lucé in Amboise. When she retired in 1993, she had engraved or designed more than three hundred stamps for France, French post offices in Andorra, Monaco, and French Overseas territories, as well as some African French-speaking countries. Guillame also created print and ceramics.
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• Name — Cécile Guillame • Born — 18 July 1933 • Birthplace — Chassey-les-Montbozon, France • Died — 4 August 2004 • Occupation — Engraver
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1933
Cécile Guillame born at Chassey-lès-Montbozon.
2004
Cécile Guillame died on 4 August 2004.
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Chassey-lès-Montbozon.
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- 1.40 timbres, blocs-feuillets, carnets français, souvenirs philatéliques ou timbres à date de Cécile Guillame. www.phil-ouest.com.
- 2.Jullien, Pierre. Paris fête le 150e anniversaire du timbre philatélique. Le Monde. 22. 5 July 1999.
- 3.Stamp Magazine Forum on Stamp Engravers and Engraving Techniques.
- 4.Jullien, Pierre. Huguette Sainson, une pionnière de la philatélie au féminin, disparaît. Le Monde. 2012-01-01.
- 5.Holley, D. R. M. Kedah and Perlis : their stamps and postal history 1887-1941. Malaya Study Group. 1995. 0-9525118-0-0.
- 6.Bureau international de l'Union postale universelle. L'Union postale: journal publié par le Bureau international de l'Union postale universelle. 95. 1970.
- 7.Spink & Son. Catalogue de timbres de France 2019. 2018. 978-1-912667-05-5.
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