France 5 Francs Sage Type Definitive

France · 1876 · 5 Francs

This stamp features an allegorical design by Jules Auguste Sage, depicting two female figures representing Peace (holding an olive branch) and Commerce (holding a caduceus and cornucopia), facing each other with the French Republic's motto 'PAIX ET TRAVAIL' (Peace and Work) between them. The denomination '5F' is at the bottom.

Issued during the Third French Republic, this definitive series was widely used across France and its colonial empire, symbolizing the nation's values of peace and economic prosperity after the Franco-Prussian War.