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FRANCE , 1946, Scott B206, ALGERIA, 1946, Scott B46, and TUNISIA, 1946, Scott B90
FRANCE,1987, La Flèche National Military School, Scott 2047
The Collège Royale at La Flèche, a Jesuit college, appears on several stamps honoring Guillaume Fourquet, Governor of La Flèche who gave the King Henry IV the idea of establishing a Jesuit college there. It was originally called the Collège Henri IV. Today it houses a veterans' home. Rene Descartes said of this his alma mater, "This is where was planted the first seeds of all my later accomplishments and for which I am eternally grateful to the Society of Jesus." The church, visible in the vignette, holds the ashes of the hearts of Henry IV and the Queen Marie de Mèdici.
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FRANCE, 1963, 4th centenary of Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Scott 1065
For two centuries the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris had been under the Jesuits, first as the Collège Clermont and then as Collège Louis-le-Grand in gratitude to the king for endowing it. Students came here from all levels of Society and included St. Francis de Sales, Molière and Voltaire.