Stamp (40c) shows the Saint Géran at L' Orient on 24 March 1744 before its departure for isle de France.
Stamp (Rs5) portrays the Saint Géran in rough seas in the north of the isle de France.
Stamp (Rs6) shows the bell of the Saint Géran Pieces of the bell discovered in 1966.
Bernardin de Saint Pierre in his famous novel "Paul et Virginie" written in 1786, immortalised the ship Saint Géran. According to the author, the ship wreck occurred in a violent storm. The heroine, Virginie, is inexorably linked to the Saint Géran and today this fictional character is believed by some to have been an actual passenger on the Saint Géran and the story of Bernardin de Saint Pierre a true account of the events of 17th-18th August 1744.