France 2024 Tresors de Notre Dame

On April 15, 2019, a fire destroyed the cathedral’s spire and most of the roof. French President Emmanuel Macron immediately promised that the cathedral would be rebuilt in five years, and the reopening of the cathedral is scheduled for December 2024.

 

The Treasures of Notre Dame series began in 2020 with a July 17 issue showing exterior decorations of Notre Dame. A 2021 souvenir sheet features a stained glass window depicting Adam and Eve. The 2022 sheet and 2023 sheet show a pipe organ and bell, respectively.

 

The 2024 souvenir sheet shows the wood framework of the cathedral. Nicknamed “the forest,” the framework of Notre Dame measures about 330 feet (100 meters) long and 33 feet (10m) high.

 

Carpenters reconstructed the framework using the wood from approximately 1,400 oak trees.

 

2024 The Framework

2023 The Bumblebees

2022 The Great Organs

2021 Adam & Eve

2020 The Facade

France : Notre Dame de Paris

 

6 June 1947 : Cathedrals

23 May 1964

n 1964, France issued a single 60-centime stamp to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the cathedral.  The 1964 commemorative features the Madonna and Child from one of Notre Dame’s three rose windows. All three windows survived the 2019 April 15 fire.

1989 : Paris Panorama - Notre Dame

21 Apr 1989 : Paris Panorama

8 Nov 2010 : European Capitals - Paris

4 Nov 2020

19 Jan 2013 : The 850th Anniversary of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris

Souvenir sheet containing the two 850th anniversary stamps depicts a drawing of the upper part of the cathedral’s facade in the selvage 

19 Jan 2013 : The 850th Anniversary of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris

Souvenir sheet depicts a detail of the west entrance in the selvage

2013 Gothic Art - Self Adhesive Stamps

6 Sep 2013 Gothic Art - Self Adhesive Stamps Booklet

A stamp in a 2013 booklet dedicated to the theme of Gothic art depicts the frieze Marriage of the Virgin from the cathedral.

27 Mar 2014 : Rivers - Joint Issue with China

Joint issue with China features the Seine River with the cathedral shown prominently in the background. 

19 May 2016 : Paris Philex

For the 2016 Paris-Philex Stamp Show, two of tree stamps depicted Notre Dame.

26 Nov 2016 : Stained Glass Windows

26 Nov 2016 : Stained Glass Windows Booklet