Le tour de la Corse en photos
Souvenir pack with 55 different views of Corsica.
Corsica is a popular tourist destination in summer and is accessible either by air or by sea (ferries operate from Marseille, Nice, Toulon, and various Italian ports). It is probably best known as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte. The colour photographs in this pack were taken by J.L. Vignoli (with the collaboration of B.J.T. Powell). Each view is named in French and English. On the back the Moor’s head with a bandana - found on the Corsican flag - is repeated twelve times. See the box►
Above: ‘Le tour de la Corse en photos’ souvenir playing cards printed and published by Edition Altapo-Vigno, Marseille, France, 1994. 52 cards + 3 Jokers + 1 extra publicity card in tuck box. Size: 63 x 88 mm.
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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