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Postcard showing the L'Eclair automobile of the Michelin brothers in action on the road, with two men on board. The reverse details the first major international automobile race from 11 to 13 June 1895 on the Paris-Bordeaux route (178 km), where the Michelin brothers tested their air-filled tires on their car named L'Eclair. The publisher is Edito Service S.A., Geneva, and the stamp is a cancellation 'Transports et communications'.