Théodore Champion was among the first generation of Swiss cyclists. Four times - 1892, 1893, 1895 and 1896 - he was Swiss champion in the sprint. In 1895 he was also second in the Swiss Championship road race.
Philatelyedit
Theodore Champion was the son of a bank employee and a mother who collected stamps. With his brother Adrien he searched the bins of his father's bank for stamps. It was said that they sold their collection for a large sum of money to show their skeptical father the merits of collecting stamps.[citation needed]
He moved to Paris in 1899 and was employed by Alfred Forbin. In 1902 he bought Forbin's postage stamp dealership so that Forbin could concentrate on fiscal stamps.[2]
Champion was one of the founders of the Paris Postal Museum, to which he left valuable pieces from his collection.
Tributesedit
Theodore Champion was shown several times on stamps:
Liechtenstein issued a special stamp in 1969
Antigua 1993
Montserrat in 2002 on a block of four stamps in honor of Rowland Hill
Referencesedit
^Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011.
^Birch, Brian. Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers. 9th edition. Standish, Wigan: 2008, p.540.
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