Item no. C56 (cancel)
Type: cancel
Country: France
Date of use: 10 June 1966
Cancel (on cover) commemorating 200th anniversary of birth of Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce (1765 - 1833), French scientist, co-inventor of photography.
The cancel was used in Chalon-sur-Saône, the Niépce's place of birth.