1899 – 1990

Pierre Gandon was an French illustrator and engraver of postage stamps.
He was born January 20 1899 in L'Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne) and died July 23 1990.

His father Gustave Gandon was himself an engraver at the Institut de gravure of Paris and designed stamps for some countries

Pierre Gandon studied in Paris at the l'ecole Estienne, then at the lécole des Beaux-Arts.
He won his first of many prizes in 1921 : the Prix de Rome.
Pierre Gandon designed and engraved in 1947 the first French stamp dedicated to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Four times he received the Grand Prix de l'Art philatélique during his career that includes three French definitive stamps series.

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