Cycling / Tour / Philately / Pau / Pyrenees / Sainson / Jaur - Lot 198

Cycling / Tour / Philately / Pau / Pyrenees / Sainson / Jauréguy Set of 9 documents about the Tour, its anniversaries, and the Pyrenees: a) Philatelic insert "Spécial 70e Tour de France 1983" (21x31), Pau-Luchon, anniversary 1903-1983, with stamps and double illustrated cancel (October 1 and July 11, 1983). 4 pages, copy no. 5002/7000, by Œuvres Sociales du Personnel des PTT. Illustrated by Huguette Sainson (1929-2011) and Pierrette Lambert, Soulor-Tourmalet-Aspin-Peyresourde vibrates; page 2 is to Paul, where the Pyrenees are sung, page 3 offers the prize list, and page 4 recaps the long love affair between the Tour and the Pyrenees. b) Identical insert, "Feuillet de luxe 85e Tour de France 1998" (21.5 x 31) for the Pau-Luchon stage, 4 pages with illustrated cachet, the prize list, illustrated by Christian Jauréguy, copy no. 00631 c) Page of 4 vignettes, the Tour en Dordogne 1994 d) "Visualia" magazine, September 2003, celebrating the Tour's Centenary (highly illustrated) d) Sheet of 10 Centenary stamps 1903-2003; a card with the 3 Amstrong stamps of 2004 is included e) Phila Sports brochure "Tour de France 1993". Prestigious creation by Phila Sports for the 90th Anniversary of the Tour. Behind an image of the 1964 Anquetil-Poulidor elbow-to-elbow race, the whole Tour told in 30 captioned vignettes (Anquetil, Robic, Bobet, Bahamontes, Fignon, Vietto, de Gaulle and Merckx). Ex. n°000354 (29,7x21)