Does everyone remember the last wee vestige of New France, tucked in leeward side of Newfoundland an
Does everyone remember the last wee vestige of New France, tucked in leeward side of Newfoundland and Labrador? Yes, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon - an Overseas Collectivity of France, its 6,000 or so historically Basque souls eking it out in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, cleaving fiercely to their watermen ways (St. Peter being the patron saint of fisherfolk, as you’ll recall).Stamp details:Stamp on top:Issued in: 1909From: Saint-Pierre, Colony of Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonMC #73 Middle left:Issued on: October 6, 1947From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Territory of Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonMC #354Middle middle:Issued on: September 14, 1959From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Territory of Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonMC #392Middle right:Issued on: June 11, 1986From: Saint-Pierre, Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonMC #538 Bottom left:Issued on: July 17, 2004From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonMC #907Bottom right:Issued on: February 13, 2019From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonYC #1215 Recognized as sovereign states by the UN: NoClaimed by: French RepublicMember of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (as a French Overseas Collectivity, since January 1, 1876) -- source link
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