- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | PA03-0101 |
| Description: | Reims- Cathedral |
| Country or State: | France |
| Year: | 17 November 1930 |
| Face Value: | 3 ₣ - French franc |
| Series: | Tourism |
| Subject/Theme: | Reims- Cathedral (type I) |
| Note: | Printed in sheet of 25 or 50 stamps.
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| Perforation: | comb13¼ |
| Printing: | Recess |
| Colors: | Blue grey |
| Dimensions (B x H): | 26 x 40 mm |
| Emission: | 9,000,000 |
| Catalog Number: | Yvert et Tellier FR 259 Michel FR 256I Stamp Number FR 247 Maury FR 259I |
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Notre-Dame de Reims; meaning "Our Lady of Reims"), known in English as Reims Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of the same name. The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is famous for being the traditional location for the coronation of the kings of France. The cathedral church is thought to have been founded by Bishop Saint Nicasius in the early 5th century. Marking an important conversion, Clovis, King of the Franks, was baptized a Christian here about a century later. Construction of the present Reims Cathedral began in the 13th century and concluded in the 15th century. A prominent example of French Gothic architecture, it was built to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire in 1221. Although little damaged during the French Revolution, the present cathedral saw extensive restoration in the 19th century but was severely damaged during World War I. The church was again restored in the 20th century. Reims Cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims. |
