Timbres commémoratifs
à l’effigie de Calvin

De nombreux timbres ont été émis à l’effigie du réformateur à l’occasion du 500ème anniversaire de sa naissance en 2009 (année Calvin) en différents pays, généralement avec une forte implantation réformée.

Nous rassemblons dans cette notice ceux que nous avons pu recenser.
Postage stamp depicting Martin Luther and Jean Calvin
Timbre Calvin Suisse
Timbre Calvin allemand
Timbre Calvin Suisse
Timbre Calvin-Monaco
Timbre Calvin sud-africain
German postage stamp depicting Jean Calvin
Postage stamp depicting Jean Calvin
Timbre Calvin 2009

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in Poitou
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Associated notes

  • Jean Calvin (1509-1564)
    A generation after Luther, the Frenchman Jean Calvin became the organiser of the Reformation : he organised the Church, shaped the doctrine and defined the role of the Church in state government.

  • Calvin and the Bible
    Although Calvin considered the Bible to be of fundamental importance in his theses, he cannot be considered a fundamentalist. The authority of the Scriptures, according to him, called for interpretation :...

  • A Treatise about relics of Jean Calvin (1543)

  • Jean Calvin museum
    Noyon is one of the largest historical cities in the north of France, situated 100km north of Paris. From 531 onwards it was a bishop’s see, (the first bishop was...