Chromos Tintin L'Aerostation / Voir And Savoir Faire / Series B1 No 2 For Sale

Tintin "L'Aérostation" is a highly collectibleseries of educational trading cards (chromos) from Hergé's Voir et Savoir("See and Know") collection, distributed via the Timbre Tintinpromotion in the early 1950s.

The "Voir et Savoir" Collection Concept: Createdby Hergé (with historical and technical direction by Edgar P. Jacobs and laterJacques Martin), it was envisioned as a massive illustrated encyclopaedia ofhuman progress.

The Promotion: Young readers obtained coloured trading cards(chromos) by collecting Timbre Tintin points from the Tintin magazine orparticipating brands and pasting them into dedicated albums from Éditions duLombard.

Focus: The project eventually narrowed to focus primarily onthe history of transportation."L'Aérostation" Series

Topic: Dedicated to the history of lighter-than-air flight,chronicling the evolution of airships and balloons from their origins up to1940.Format: Comprised 6 sets of 6 chromos each (36 cards total), producedunder the historical supervision of Edgar P. Jacobs.

Artwork: Famous for featuring accurate historicalillustrations of hot air balloons and airships, playfully accompanied bydrawings of Tintin in various historical costumes.