French stamps to feature video game icons
by Blake Snow 
{ Nov 15th 2005 at 7:30PM }
The French postal service (La Poste) has released a collection of stamps based on the theme "Heros des Jeux-Video" or Heroes of Video Games. Stamps include Link, Mario, Pacman, Prince of Persia, Rayman, DK, and Lara Croft to name a few.
Gaming sure has come along way in pop culture to find itself plastered on French postage. Any other game stamps released that we're not aware of?
If interested in ordering, follow the link to La Post. Due to the nasty use of frames, you'll be looking for "Bloc Jeux Vidéo" under stamps/beautiful stamps sheets and minisheets. Collectors enjoy.
[Thanks, Shiggy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Luke @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
I'm going to buy some. Their form is a little different than what we use.
Natrino @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
No Sonic? Bah!
semi @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
exactly...no sonic? meh!
Jago @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
"I'm not surprised to see they're including Pac-Man, seeing as how the whole game involved running away."
Wow...
Greatest...quote...EVAR!!!
Anyways that is pretty cool...I wonder if anyone will be selling these on eBay. I would buy em and frame.
vc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
Guys: I am removing the xenophobic, racist and otherwise inappropriate comments from this thread. Don't be ugly Americans. Just don't.
Watership @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
It's sad to see people making historical French War behaviour comments from those who barely know their own history.
Lutraphobic @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
This is pretty awesome. Yay for France, and even more yay for cool video game stamps.
Tommymang @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
I think they are just jealous that they don't have that kind of stamps over there ...
JUST KIDDING ;-)
KillerVirusB @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
Joystiq, thank you for removing those offencive comments.
Those stamps rule! This is really some good, positive mainstream exposure for the video game industry in Europe.
Blaq @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
Evil frames? Bah! Here's a direct link: http://timbres.laposte.fr/eng/liste.pgi?cmd=afficher&mode=rech&critere=jeux%20vid%E9o&ref=1105130&menu_reload=1
Kent @ Dec 18th 2005 9:02PM
According to this article: The Post Office Stamps Out the 1980s
http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_2_sndgs08.html
there should be some US video game stamps: "...among the subjects the Postal Service considered worthy of immortality were: Video Games..."
But I havn´t seen them - yet.