CYCLING - 68th TOUR de FRANCE 1981 starting from NICE, finis - Lot 73

CYCLING - 68th TOUR de FRANCE 1981 starting from NICE, finishing in PARIS. EIGHT SHEETS WITH SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE OBLITERATIONS, numbered: - 4-page double sheet Departure Nice June 25-26, 1981. On cover illustrated cancellation with stamp "rattachement de Nice à la France" (n° 1247) and map of France - center pages 6 stamps with stage cancellations of Thonon les bains, Morzine, l'alpe d'huez, la ferrière, St Priest from July 11 to 17) - on back list of winners from 1903 to 1980 + millennium stamp of Paris (906) special arrival cancellation. - NICE PROLOGUE June 25, 1981 with illustrated postmark of the day. - THONON les BAINS July 11, 1981 with special illustrated stage cancellation. - MORZINE July 12 with Mont Blanc stamp (1454), illustrated stage cancellation. - L' ALPE DUEZ - special illustrated stage cancellation. July 14th. - LE PLEYNET / LES 7 LAUX, with J.O. Hiver Grenoble stamp (1520), stage cancellation. July 15. - SAINT PRIEST / THONE - special illustrated stage cancellation July 16. - Arrival in Paris July 19. Special illustrated commemorative cancel with Paris floralies stamp no. 1189.