The French post office has issued a stamp carrying a picture of former Premier Leon Blum. The 1.80 Franc stamp will be used for all regular mail within France and the 10-nation European Economic Community. President Francois Mitterrand and Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy attended a special ceremony at the main post office museum to mark the issuance of the new stamp. Blum, who was Jewish, served as a Prime Minister twice, once when he led the Socialist coalition in 1936 and again in the immediate postwar years.
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