The smallest rugby poster print in the World ?
My picture here is far larger than the original one... that I picked up in a sports catalogue from the mid 20s... (hi res scans can do miracles ... here is a large one on Flickr...)
This kind of poster prints come with a blank area, where Rugby Clubs advertise for the next fixture...
(French collectors call that "une affiche passe-partout"... what about in English ?)
This print was drawn by Louis de Fleurac, an artist but also a true sportsman (mostly a "miler", Bronze medal at 1908 Olympics in London... at "3 mile team"...)... co-author of a book about running and track & field with rugger Pierre Faillot...
In the mid 20s, De Fleurac was also publishing sports sketches for French magazine "Tous les Sports" ... I've got a couple of ruggers to show another time...
Today print comes from "Mestre et Blatgé Football catalogue"... that brings everything a sportsman could dream of... again, I'll show that soon...
Identificateurs Technorati : rugby, fleurac, mestre & blatgé
et whatabout les timbres postes rugby tout petits ???
Posted by: Cath | 01/02/2008 at 18:33
des timbres d'accord.. mais d'avant 1930...
Posted by: Frederic | 01/02/2008 at 18:50