200th Anniversary of the French Revolution. Philippe D'Auvergne

    Jersey  1989.07.07

    In issue: Stamp(s): 6    Booklet(s): 1   

    Printing: multicolored

    Issued in: sheets of 20 (5*4) stamps and in prestige-booklet with 6 six little sheets of 4 stamps each

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 490   Yvert: 484   Scott: 521   Gibbons: 506  

    Perforation type: 13 ½x13 ½

    Subject:

    35 pences. The last Chouannerie**, 1799

     

    Additional:

    *Philippe d'Auvergne (1754-1816), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy and last Duke of Bouillon.

     

    **The Chouannerie was a royalist uprising in twelve of the western departements of France (particularly Brittany and Maine) against the French Revolution, the First French Republic, and even (with its headquarters in London rather than France) for a time under the Empire. It occurred in 3 phases, and mainly lasted from spring 1794 to 1800.