Rugby-Pioneers: French illustrated postcard, 1908

14/04/2009

French illustrated postcard, 1908

Slow blogging...

Nice rugby colours instead... French illustrated postcard (larger pic here), posted in 1908 in Marseilles... arrived in 1909 in Tunisia, Souk El Khemis...

14 Apr 2009 00:23:33 | 2 Rugby postcard

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