Gold foil embossed postage stamps are always a score for the ardent philatéliste, even without the "obliteration premier jour." The above set of fancy stamps commemorates the bicentennial of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte.
I was amazed to be able to buy this 2021 issue at an ephemeral post office stand outside of Monet's gardens at Giverny this past weekend.
Vocabulary
l'obliteration premier jour: on the first day of issue, an envelope is stamped with a postmark in which the cancellation indicates the date and location that the envelope was received into the post office
une boutique éphémère: a pop-up shop
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