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FRANCE: PIONEERS OF AVIATION – FIRST FLIGHT BY AIR BLEU FROM…
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FRANCE: PIONEERS OF AVIATION – FIRST FLIGHT BY AIR BLEU FROM…
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Estimate €30
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE: PIONEERS OF AVIATION – FIRST FLIGHT BY AIR BLEU FROM LILLE TO PARIS.
An unusual large letter, 19 x 23.5 cm, franked at 5 F 50 using 54 white 1900 type No. 111 5c stamps (block of 45 + block of 8 + 1 stamp) + 9 10c blue ‘Semeuse’ stamps No. 279 + ‘Normandie’ ocean liner (299) + 50c ‘Paix’ No. 283. Lille railway station dispatch stamp, 10 July + special ‘AIR BLEU’ flight mark and ‘Par Avion’ labels – On the reverse: transit via Lille railway station (air) – arrival at Le Bourget + Paris distribution stamp, 10 July 1935 – faint ‘AIR BLEU’ cancellation.
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About the sale
STAMP SALE: lots 1 to 299 – French and foreign stamps, sold individually and in lots. Beautiful, genuine collections. Philatelic reference material
Auction location
Auction time
10/20/2026 at 10:00 AM
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