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===Cambrai and philately=== Four postage stamps have been issued in connection with the city of Cambrai: *10 July 1947, a stamp commemorating [[François Fénelon|Fénelon]], Archbishop of Cambrai, with a face value of 4.50 [[French franc|Franc]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbre.php?Nom_timbre=Fenelon_1947|title=Oblitération illustrée 1er jour à Cambrai (Nord)|date= 26 January 2008|work= phil-ouest.com de Bernard Le Lann}}</ref> *19 February 1972, a stamp commemorating [[Louis Blériot]], born in Cambrai, with a face value of 0.50 Francs with surcharge: 0.10 Francs for the benefit of the French Red Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbre.php?Nom_timbre=Bleriot_1972|title=Oblitération 1er jour à Cambrai (Nord)|date= 3 March 2010|work= phil-ouest.com de Bernard Le Lann}}</ref> *14 May 1977, a stamp commemorating the capture of Cambrai in 1677 and the annexation of Cambrésis by France, with a face value of 0.80 Francs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbre.php?Nom_timbre=Cambresis_1977|title=Oblitération 1er jour à Cambrai (Nord)|date= 25 February 2009|work= phil-ouest.com de Bernard Le Lann}}</ref> *25 July 2009, a stamp commemorating the crossing of the English channel by [[Louis Blériot]], with a face value of €2.00.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbre.php?Nom_timbre=Bleriot_2009|title=Oblitération illustrée 1er jour à Paris (Musée des Arts et Métiers), à Blériot-Plage (Pas-de-Calais), à Cambrai (Nord) et à La Baule (Loire-Atlantique)|date= 8 March 2010|work=phil-ouest.com de Bernard Le Lann}}</ref>
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