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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 478

1911 Allahabad First Aerial Post including Henri Pequét letter, February 18, envelope to Zurich, Switzerland, bearing 1906-07 ½a Green and two 1a Carmine, one slightly affixed over the edge at top, neatly tied by very fine strikes of of the corresponding illustrated cachet of the exhibition, with Allahabad and Bombay c.d.s.'s on reverse, including enclosed letter, handwritten and signed by Henri Pequét as "aviator and postman", stating in French this to be the first airmail in India, during the Allahabad exhibition: "Recevez avec mes meilleurs amitiés l'assurance de votre bon souvenir par la première poste aérienne établie aux Indes à l'exposition de Allahabad 1911", the only known example of the Allahabad First Aerial Post with enclosed manuscript letter by Henri Pequét, a very significant rarity of Indian airmails.

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