Jean Bouin (5'000m silver medal winner) large hand-drawn essay in pencil of France's issue for the 1960 Rome Olympics, 21x29cm, very similar to the issued design, signed at lower right by the artist Albert Decaris, himself a Gold medal winner (and the last ever) for Etching and Engraving in 1948 London, incl. piece with issuedd stamp and FDI cancel (Image)

Jean Bouin (5'000m silver medal winner) collection written up on 3 album pages with two pages focussed on the France 1960 issue incl. sunken die proof in black signed by the artis & engraver Decaris (himself an Olympic gold medal winner for Etching & Engraving in 1948, the last to do so), epreuve deluxe in issued colour, imperf. marginal colour trial in issued colours, vert. strip of three in 3 different singular colours, and picture postcard of him, (Image)