Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer
Jean-Jacques Renouard, seigneur de Villayer (born June 24, 1607 in Nantes , † March 5, 1691 in Paris ) was a member of the French Conseil d'État , to which King Louis XIV had delegated certain legal powers.
As the leaseholder of the Paris City Post Office , Renouard de Villayer had mailboxes set up at various locations in Paris in 1653 , in which letters prepaid with a unit postage of 1 sol could be inserted, which were then delivered within the city on the same day. The receipt strips ( billet de port payé ) issued for this purpose , which had to be attached to the letters for franking, are considered to be the early forerunners of the postage stamp . No copy has survived to this day. The so-called Petite Poste was an economic failure, but was later successfully imitated in other European cities (such as the London Penny Post from 1680).
In 1659 Renouard de Villayer succeeded Abel Serviens as a member of the Académie française .
Renouard de Villayer's house coat of arms was shown on a special stamp by the French Post Office on the occasion of the day of the postage in 1944 .
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renouard de Villayer, Jean-Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jean-Jacques Renouard, seigneur de Villayer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer and post pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1607 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1691 |
| Place of death | Paris |