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[MERMOZ Jean].
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231
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[MERMOZ Jean].
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Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
[MERMOZ Jean].
39 letters (autograph or signed) addressed to Jean MERMOZ, January–December 1930; numerous letterheads; several letters in Spanish.
Congratulations following the record for duration and distance flown on a closed circuit by a seaplane (11–12 April), the Saint-Louis–Natal transatlantic crossing (12–13 May), and reactions to the accident on 30 August involving the Laté 28-8 prototype, etc.
Letters from the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale: Mr Bouilloux-Lafont; from the Société industrielle d’aviation Latécoère: Jean Dombray (2); from the Société des Avions Bernard (2 regarding the flight Mermoz is preparing); from Rufino Luro Cambacérès (director of Aéroposta Argentina), P. Massenet (chairman of Avia, the Centre for Aeronautical Studies and Action for Unpowered Flight).
Letters from friends: René Bernard, L. Challe, P. Daney, M. Devoize, L. Fromont (2, one mentioning Saint-Exupéry), Claude Gouin, R. Giuliani, René Jomelli (2), Lartigue, C. de Sèze… Letters from women and female admirers, as well as French and American male admirers…
Various requests: participation in aviation meetings, his name on cigars, C.W. Armbrust regarding The Armbrust Breath Water Cup, A. Bellot of the *Journal de l’Aviation Française*, H. Degrange of the newspaper *L’Auto*… etc.
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
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