Forty years after his death, a famous gypsy-born jazz composer and guitar player became the first artist in his category to be celebrated by the French postal services as some kind of national hero, though in fact the man had been born in Belgium near Charleroi. Who was he and can you also say what the nominal value of the post-stamp was?

zbeckabee

I suspect it is Django Reinhardt but need to do some more work on the stamp end of things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt Aug 28 06, 11:41 AM

denmarks

Django Reinhardt 4.20 francs http://www.justwendystamps.com/ambrowCart/shop/show_details.php?ref=32227 Aug 28 06, 11:53 AM

Flem-ish

Wow that was fast. Aug 28 06, 12:05 PM

zbeckabee

Sweet!!! Aug 28 06, 1:22 PM

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