The Indre post office likes Saint-Valentin commune and the feeling
is mutual. With more than 30 years of temporary offices !
 

May 1967 : Saint-Valentin stamp request by Miss Deon, mayor of the commune at that time. First temporary offices with a date stamp that represented two hearts drawn by Jean Louis Boncoeur (local artist).
Temporary offices with the same date stamp until 1979.

1980-1983 : the postal flame announces another style with Peynet’s lovers which slogan is "Saint-Valentin, festival of engaged couples".
The philatelic souvenir adopts the flame shape.

1985 : Saint-Valentin post-office and the village are happy to announce the birth of their first child :
- a stamp drawing by Raymond Peynet
- printed photogravure
- size 36´ 26
- early sale the 14^th February at…Saint-Valentin

1994 : Saint-Valentin post office and the village are happy to announce the birth of their second child : the letterbox.
Launching of the departemental plan "congratulations to the bride and groom", promotion of wedding invitations postmark with Saint-Valentin.

1996 : It was the first time that Issoudun’s philatelic club proposed the audience an exhibition…(A love for stamps is also love…).
It is the birth of a heart stamp.

1997 : First day of Saint-Valentin festive stamp "Happy Saint’s day" (8^th January).

At the end of 1997 :
- Lovers house with a decoration inspired by Peynet
- A postal agency’s arrangement
- Inauguration with an illustrated date stamp

1998 : First day of Saint-Valentin second festive stamp "Happy Saint’s day" (31^st January). Arrangement of the house’s first floor into a municipal library.

2000 : Homage to Raymond Peynet (4^th and 5^th November) with the first issue of the stamp "Le kiosque des Amoureux - Valence".

Throughout years, privileged relationships with other Saint-Valentin villages all around the world :
- In JAPAN (where a mailbox is set up in the lovers garden)
- In AUSTRIA
- In CANADA

Each year local press, TV with FR3, TF1, local radio (France Bleu Berry Sud) and national radios kindly participated.