English-French translations for postage stamp

• timbre
  - Monsieur le Président, dans ce document il est question de la TVA - taxe sur la valeur ajoutée - sur les timbres-poste. – Mr President, this document refers to VAT, value added tax, on postage stamps.
  Je n'ai pas entendu dire que les nouveaux opérateurs réfléchissaient sur un prix unique du timbre européen. I have not heard anyone say that the new operators are considering introducing a single price for the European postage stamp.
  Il est donc plus judicieux d’indiquer au Conseil de ministres, ainsi qu’à la Commission, les mesures que nous souhaitons prendre pour que le prix des timbres-poste ne flambe pas. So it makes more sense to us to tell the Council of Ministers, and the Commission too, what we want done to prevent postage stamps going up in price.
• timbre-poste
• lucarne

Definition of postage stamp

• A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid
• A very small area

Examples

• The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves.
• We have just a postage stamp of a back garden.

Related words

• postage stamp booklet
• postage stamp error
• definitive postage stamp
• collection of postage stamps
• postage due stamp
• postage
• postage meter
• postage rates
• postage paid