Unveiling the École des chartes - PSL's stamp

The ceremony will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the École des chartes - PSL and Philaposte on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11 am.

History at a glance

The École nationale des chartes - PSL is a higher education institution based in Paris that trains executives in the conservation of heritage, mainly written (archives and libraries), as well as researchers and teachers in the field of historical sciences. This school of excellence, which grants the degree of archivist paleographer, the master's degree and the doctorate, was created by the ordinance of February 22, 1821 to ensure the dissemination of the knowledge required to the research and reading of ancient manuscript documents. Since then, it has been an original institution through the unique gathering of skills that are needed to the understanding of the past: paleography, diplomacy, archival science, history of books, philology, history of law, history of art, archaeology.

During its two hundred years of existence, the École des Chartes - PSL has participated in all the political, social and cultural movements in the history of France. At the service of archives, libraries, museums, research and universities, companies, its alumni and students have helped the development of heritage awareness, both in France and abroad.

The stamp issued on the occasion of its bicentenary is a reminder that this school of secellence, long located on the premises of the Sorbonne (seen from the entrance portal, center), has been able to blend tradition with innovation, as indicated by a medieval charter (left), from the holdings of the Departmental Archives of the Côte-d'Or directed by a former student of the School (charter dated 1259 and sealed by the abbot of Cîteaux and the four abbots of the four daughters of Cîteaux, file number PS 2518), and its digital encoding (right) carried out by graduates of the master's degree "Digital Technologies Applied to History" of the École des Chartes - PSL.

Technical information

Created and engraved by: Christophe LABORDE-BALEN

• Print: intaglio                                       
• Size: 52 x 40,85 mm
• Display: 9 timbres on a sheet                              
• Issues: 612 000  
• Price: 2,56 € - Lettre Prioritaire 100g

Conception graphique timbre à date : Christophe LABORDE-BALEN

Mentions obligatoires : Timbre (taille-douce) : création et gravure Christophe Laborde-Balen d’après photo charte © Archives départementales de la Côte-d’Or / F.Petot / PS 2518, encodage de la charte © Ademec / Alix Chagué (2020), porte de la Sorbonne © École nationale des chartes - PSL - Cl. Myr Muratet (2014). 
 
Bords de feuille : création Christophe Laborde-Balen d’après photo charte © Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or / F.Petot / PS 2518, encodage de la charte © Ademec / Alix Chagué (2020).

Practical information

The stamp will be available on Monday, February 22, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the following address

Le Carré d’Encre
13 bis, rue des Mathurins,
Paris 9^e

Christophe LABORDE-BALEN will run a dedication sesson between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

All information and sanitary updates available on the Carré d’Encre website, the reference website on philatelic news.

À partir du 23 février 2021, le timbre sera vendu dans certains bureaux de poste ainsi que :

• par abonnement ou par correspondance à l’adresse : Philaposte Service Clients Z.I Avenue Benoît Frachon, BP 10106 Boulazac, 24051 PÉRIGUEUX CEDEX 09
• par téléphone au 05 53 03 19 26
• par mail à l’adresse  sav-phila.philaposte@laposte.fr
• sur réservation auprès de votre buraliste
• sur le site internet de La Poste