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Auction: 20054 - The 'Hermione' Collection of France, 1849-1950, Parts VII and VIII
Lot: 1509

France
Air Mails
1928 "Ile de France" Issue
10f. on 90c. red, together with non-surcharged "Berthelot" 90c. red on 23 August envelope to Le Havre, tied by "new-york au havre/d" octagonal datestamp, with "ile de france" straight line, and "aout-septembre 1928/première liaison postale aérienne/transatlantique/par hydravion lancé par catapulte/de l'/pilote: lieutenant de vaisseau l. demougeot" cachet with the signature of the pilot Demougeot below, all applied on front backstamped at Paris and Le Havre. Very fine and desirable, showing clear strikes. Signed Roumet. Spink Maury 3, €3,000

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