Marius Berliet was born in 1866 within the Croix Rousse industrial quarter of Lyon. He built his first single cylinder engine in 1894 and his first automobile in 1895. During World War I, Berliet as well as other French engineers built trucks such as the CBA, the truck that was to become emblematic of the “Voie Sacrée”.
Drawings: | Mark Heine (Canada) |
Layout: | Ierace|Dechmann+Partners (L) |
Printing: | Multicolored high-resolution offset, embossed hot foiling with transparent film by Cartor Security Printing S.A., La Loupe (F) |
Dimensions: | 40 x 31,50 mm, 10 stamps per sheet with decorated borders |