Cécile Guillame was the first woman who engraved

Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...

 French postal stamps.

During the 1950s, she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

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 of Nancy and Paris

Paris

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 where she chose the art of engraving. She entered the French post office thanks to her husband, engraver Michel Monvoisin.

The first issued stamp she engraved was for Monaco

Monaco

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 in 1967 and represented a Cooper

Cooper Car Company

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-Climax

Coventry Climax

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 car that won the Grand Prix of Monaco. It was originally designed by Pierrette Lambert. Her first stamp for France was issued in 1973 and represented the Clos-Lucet in Amboise

Amboise

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When she retired in 1993, she had engraved or designed more than three hundred stamps for France, French post offices in Andorra, Monaco, and French Overseas territories, as well as some African French-speaking countries.

Cécile Guillame also created print and ceramics.