COVER N. 766 - FRANCE - EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Postmark: Conseil de l'Europe - 25e anniversaire du cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues -  Bonjour Hello - 1er Jour  la Poste  67 Strasbourg  04.09.2026

Posted on 4th September;  Received on the 9th September 2026

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Un gros Merci, Pierre, pour ce jolie pli du Conseil de l'Europe!

The French Postal Operator, la Poste is responsible for issuing service stamps for The European Council (and also for UNESCO).

Piere sent me a cover using an official European Parliament envelope of the last such issue, dated of 04SEP2026, the event which it honours being the 25th anniversary of the CECR -  Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les Langues (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

This nowadays widely used system of classification for one's expertise in a given laguage established six Common Reference Levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) for  the evaluation of competences of any given speaker.

The 2,25 € stamp is illustrated with a word cloud which contains the translation of the word "Bonjour" as a greeting form  into several European languages. The Logo of the European Council can be seen in the lower right corner of the illustration.

The First Day Postmark was issued at Strasbourg, the seat of the European Parliament, probably because the E.C. service stamps are issued by the French Postal operator, while the  European Council has it seat in Brussels, Belgium.