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                 POST Luxembourg pays tribute




        to writer Edmond de La Fontaine





                                                           On the occasion of its bicen-
                                                           tenary, POST Luxembourg
                                                           issued  a  stamp  featuring
                                                           an effigy of writer Edmond
                                                           de La Fontaine. Nicknamed
                                                           Dicks,  Edmond  de  La
                                                           Fontaine was born in 1823 in
                                                           Luxembourg. He studied at
                                                           the University of Liège and
                                                           was appointed as a  lawyer
                                                           in 1850, before entering the
                                                           judiciary two years later.




                           Luxembourg 2023, stamp bearing the effigy of Edmond de La Fontaine.
                           Luxembourg 1991, stamp bearing the effigy of Edmond de La Fontaine.








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