France’s Monet centenary stamp uses a beret self-portrait
Philately NewsLa Poste will mark the centenary of Claude Monet’s death with a €3.10 stamp, available nationally from 9 November 2026. Elsa Catelin created the design from Monet’s “Autoportrait coiffé d’un béret”, with typography by Mariela Monsalve and Angelina Sanchez.
The stamp combines offset and intaglio printing, measures 40.85 × 52 mm and is presented in sheets of nine. The announced quantity is 448,200 stamps. Its denomination corresponds to Lettre verte postage up to 100 grams.
A related €5 philatelic souvenir contains one stamp in a presentation designed by Emmanuel Vedrenne. The cover uses a photograph of Monet’s house and gardens at Giverny credited to Difalcone. The souvenir print run is 20,000.
Advance sales are scheduled for 5–7 November at the Autumn Philatelic Salon in Paris. Catelin is due to sign on 5 November, 2–5 p.m., at the Art du Timbre Gravé stand. Monet died on 5 December 1926; the stamp precedes that anniversary.
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