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several old postcards with a picture of a plane on them
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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AÉROPOSTALE 2 signed menus, January–May 1933. Menu presented by the Buenos Aires management of the Aéropostale ‘to the valiant crew of the Arc en Ciel on the occasion of the magnificent Istres–Buenos Aires Raid’, 23 January 1933 (Restaurant Americano, Buenos Aires), signed on the reverse by Mermoz and around fifteen aviators, including his crew-mates René Couzinet, Jean Manuel, Pierre Carretier, etc. Menu from the Ferme de la Jatte, 24 May 1933 (illustrated with the flight plan), signed by Mermoz and his crew-mates: Couzinet, Carretier, Mailloux, Manuel, Jousse, Collenot… Enclosed is a photograph of the headquarters of the Cie Générale Aéropostale in Buenos Aires; and a handwritten tribute with a drawing of the Jacarepagua Aerodrome dedicated to Mermoz and his crew. Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Subsequently passed down through the family
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Auction time 11/03/2026 at 11:00 AM
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