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RALLYE / MEETING AERIEN MONACO AVRIL 1914, commemorative pos…
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RALLYE / MEETING AERIEN MONACO AVRIL 1914, commemorative pos…
See original version (French)
Estimate
€60
Voluntary lot
Description
RALLYE / MEETING AERIEN MONACO AVRIL 1914, commemorative postcard view of a seaplane in flight over the port and Monaco, sold for the benefit of aviators, issued by the International Sporting Club of Monaco on the occasion of the air events between various European cities and Monaco. RARE CARD with the special air rally vignette - hydroplane in flight over the sea - and postmark: Flight MONACO to MADRID. Vignette cancelled arrival stamp Monaco Air Rally April 1914 + departure air rally in Madrid.
The postcard bears on the reverse the words: "This postcard was flown 1300 kilometres by aeroplane, over land and sea, crossing Europe to arrive in Monaco under the official control of the European Aero Clubs".
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ID: 87493861
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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