Philatelic document - Mulhouse 800 years of history

As part of Mulhouse's 800th anniversary celebrations, the philatelic document illustrates the 13th-century Bolwerk Tower; The cachet illustrates a historic Mulhouse figure, the profile of Johann-Heinrich Lambert (1728-177), mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher, surrounded by an ouroboros. This medallion appears on the eponymous column in Mulhouse, in tribute to the scientist.

Conception Stéphane Levallois, mise en page Valérie Besser d'ap. photo (c) Catherine Kohler/Ville de Mulhouse. Texte : Antoine Vigne et ville de Mulhouse. Cachet d'oblitération: création Stéphane Levallois, mise en page Valérie Besser