Robert Louis

Robert Louis (1902 with Douai - 1965 with Vincennes) was a specialist in Héraldique and artist French heraldist.

Of 1943 with 1965, it draws the near total of the stamps series of Blason S of the French provinces and towns of France. In 1966, his/her daughter Mireille replaces it for the drawing of the last three stamps (blazons of Auch, Mount-with-Marsan and Saint-Lo). Its talent is also used on the stamps of the French post offices operating abroad, in Andorre and in the French Zone in West Germany.

Apart from these representations of traditional blazons, it also created of all parts a certain number of blazons for the French departments, starting from scattered elements of the heraldic history of the provinces, but also of elements related to the geography. It also created, in the same way, some blazons for common Frenchwomen.

It is also with him that one would owe the resumption of the composition of Jules-Clement Chaplain for the semi-official armorial bearings of the French Republic.

Works

Stamps of the French post office in Andorra

Armorial bearings of the valleys, engraved by Jules Piel, series of everyday usage of 1944 to 1961.
Armorial bearings, engraved by Andre Barre, series of everyday usage of 1961 to 1983.

Stamps of France

These stamps were emitted by the French post office in the series of the blazons (of years 1940 at the years 1960), and printed in typography.

Blazons of the French provinces

Blazon of province, the Ile-de-France, 1943; stamp engraved by Henri Cortot.
Blazons of the French provinces, series of 4 stamps, 1944; engraved by Henri Cortot; Flanders, Languedoc, Orléanais, Normandy.
Blazons of the French provinces, series of 4 stamps, 1946:

engraved by Henri Cortot: Corsica, County of Nice.
engraved by Georges Hourriez: Lorraine Alsace, .

Blazons of the French provinces, series of 5 stamps, 1949:

engraved by Henri Cortot: Guyenne, Auvergne.
engraved by Georges Hourriez: Savoy.
engraved by Jules Piel: Burgundy.
and Anjou.

Blazons of the French provinces, series of 5 stamps, 1951:

engraved by Roger Fenneteaux: Touraine.
engraved by Andre Frères: Franche-Comté.
engraved by Georges Hourriez: the Limousin.
engraved by Jules Piel: Artois, Béarn.

Blazons of the French provinces, series of 6 stamps, 1953:

engraved by Roger Fenneteaux: Gascogne.
engraved by Andre Frères: Picardy, Poitou.
engraved by Jean Miermont: Berri.
engraved by Jules Piel: Dauphine Champagne, .

Blazons of the French provinces, series of 7 stamps, 1954:

engraved by Gilbert Aufschneider: Angoumois.
engraved by Roger Fenneteaux: Nevers-native.
engraved by Andre Frères: Maine, Navarre.
engraved by Jean Miermont: Bourbonnais.
engraved by Jules Piel: Aunis, Saintonge.

Blazon of the French provinces, series of 4 stamps, 1955:

engraved by Gilbert Aufschneider: Roussillon.
engraved by Roger Fenneteaux: County of Foix.
engraved by Andre Frères: Walk.
engraved by Jean Miermont: County Venaissin.

Blazons of the towns of France

Blazons of the towns of France, series of 7 stamps, 1958:

engraved by Gilbert Aufschneider: Toulouse, Lille. The blazon of Lille was taken again in 1960 with a facial value into new franc.
engraved by Andre Barre: Nice.
engraved by Roger Fenneteaux: Marseilles.
engraved by Andre Frères: Bordeaux, Nantes.
engraved by Jean Miermont: Lyon.

Blazon of Algiers, engraved by Andre Barre, 1959; begun again in 1960 into new franc.
Blazons of Amiens and Nevers, 1962; engraved by Andre Frères.
Blazon of Troyes, 1963; engraved by Roger Fenneteaux.
Blazons of Agen, Guéret and Saint-Denis (Meeting), 1964; engraved Andre Frères and Andre Barre.
Blazon of Paris, 1965; engraved by Andre Barre.
Blazon of Oran, engraved by Andre Barre, 1960.

Stamps of the French zone in Germany

From 1945 to 1946, the French Army emitted stamps to be useful in the French Zone in Germany, in current the Länder of the Rhineland-Palatinat, the Saar and of the south of the Bade-Wurtemberg. Ten of the thirteen stamps were blazons drawn by Robert Louis.

Engraved by Henri Cortot: Bade, Wurtemberg, December 17th, 1945 and with new values on January 11th, 1946;
engraved by Jules Piel: Palatinat, the Rhineland, the Saar, December 17th, 1945 and new values on January 11th, 1946.

Sources

Stamps of Andorra: Catalog of quotations of the stamps of the principalities and grounds polar , Dallay, 2007-2008.
Stamps of France: Catalog of quotations of stamps of France , edition Dallay, 2005-2006.

Stamps of the French Zone in Germany: Catalog of quotations of the stamps of the French offices, old colonies, and zones of occupation on Europe and Asia , Dallay, 2006-2007, pages 84-85.