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an old black and white photo of two men in uniforms
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684 - MARSEILLE (13) – ASSOCIATION des ESTROPIES de FRANCE – FRANÇ…
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MARSEILLE (13) – ASSOCIATION des ESTROPIES de FRANCE – FRANÇOIS ROSIN (*), President and founder of the association, and Émile Carlier, secretary. Postcard showing a close-up of the two one-legged men posing facing the camera at the start of their Tour de France on foot. The postcard was sold during the journey for promotional purposes and to help cover their financial needs. They set off on 10 July 1907 from Marseille to Paris, then from Paris to Lille via Reims, and from Lille to Paris via Amiens, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Le Havre and the Brittany coast. Distance covered: 8,943 kilometres. Postcard published by DUBAN in Lille, no. 1583. ( * ) François ROSIN – founded the association in Marseille in January 1907. A one-legged globetrotter who managed to persuade 36 members to join forces to “fight more effectively against the invading army of fraudsters and fake cripples”.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS – BANKNOTES – MEDALS – PHALERISTICS – OLD PAPERS – POSTCARDS – MILITARIA
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Auction time 11/25/2026 at 2:00 PM
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