Auguste Jules Sage

Jules Auguste Sage (Paris, 16 March 1829 - Paris, 13 October 1908) was a French poet, artist and sculptor. He is known for giving his name to a type of French postage stamp, Type Sage, first issued in 1876.

Life Period photograph of La Justice, the painting by Sage presented at the 1884 Salon. Sage exhibited at the Paris Salons between 1870 and 1901 and became a member of the Société des artistes français in 1883.

Stamps

He designed the Type Sage postage stamps, also referred as the Peace and Commerce issue that the postal administration selected in a competition. The engraving was made by Louis-Eugène Mouchon. His name appears, in very small type, in the bottom left corner of the stamps and Mouchon is attributed in the right corner. In 1900 they were replaced by the Type Blanc, named after their designer Paul Joseph Blanc.

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