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Amicale Philatelique

1963 Postcard "Jean de La Fontaine, Amicale Philatelique Chateau-Thierry, "Le Chat, la Belette et le Petit Lapin."  The cancellation gives the dates of June 22-23, 1963.  The stamp is a French stamp worth 55 centimes.  $3 from Topical Paradise, May '12. 

The same cancellation is used on the back of the card.  I am not used to seeing stamps on both sides of a postcard.  I wonder if such celebrations were the start of what became the "Fetes Jean de La Fontaine" at Chateau-Thierry.  The image on the card, signed by the artist, R. Munier, shows the weasel and the rabbit before the much larger and very malevolent cat.