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Auction: 18054 - The 'Hermione' Collection of France, 1849-1950
Lot: 817

France
1928 "Ile de France" Issue
10fr. on 90c. red, good centring, together with "Pasteur" 1fr.50c. block of four, used on 23 August registered envelope headed "French Line", endorsed "Par Avion Jusqu'a Dakar" and addressed to Senegal, tied by "new-york au havre/d" octagonal datestamps, repeated alongside, "R" and the accompanying "new-york au havre d" straight-line handstamps, as well as very fine fine strike of the six-line catapult cachet, all applied on front, showing signature of the pilot Demougeot above the registration marking, backstamped at Paris, Toulouse for onward air transmission and Dakar on arrival. A very fine "Ile de France" cover addressed to a most infrequent destination. Spink Maury 3, €3,000+. Photo

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