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Auction: 18054 - The 'Hermione' Collection of France, 1849-1950
Lot: 818

France
1928 "Ile de France" Issue
10fr. on 90c. red, surcharge inverted, very fresh used with "Semeuse Camée" 1fr. single and vertical marginal pair on 23 August registered envelope to New York, tied by "new-york au havre/d" octagonal datestamps, showing the special six-line catapult cachet adjacent, with the signature of the pilot Demougeot, registered label with corresponding linear cachet, Paris and New York datestamps struck on back. One of only three covers recorded showing the inverted surcharge, one of the great gems of French airmails. A. Diena certificate (1962), signed Kessler and Bühler. Spink Maury 3a, €75,000. Photo

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€14,000