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74 - AEROPHILATELY – LATECOERE AIRLINES STUDY TRIP ( * ) to surve…
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AEROPHILATELY – LATECOERE AIRLINES STUDY TRIP ( * ) to survey the route to RIO DE JANEIRO from RECIFE ( ** ). ROIG MISSION – Commemorative illustrated envelope: FIRST AERIAL MAIL, LATECOERE AIRLINES - Postage: a red 200-reis ‘Libertad’ stamp from Brazil with a special cancellation, a commemorative stamp marking the flight, and a large purple oval reading ‘Servicio Postal Aéro BRASIL’ 7 MARCH 1925 Adm correios Pernambuco – Rio’ – Letter addressed to Mr MARCEL PORTAIT (***). On the reverse: arrived in Rio 11 March 1925. ( * ) Pierre Georges LATECOERE, born on 25 August 1883 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, died on 11 August 1943 in Paris. The first man to establish Toulouse as an aeronautical centre in 1916 by manufacturing aeroplanes there for the French army; in 1918, nearly 800 aircraft were delivered at a rate of six a day. In 1918, Latécoère conceived the idea of an air freight and mail service linking France to Senegal via Spain and Morocco. In 1919, he founded “Latécoère Airlines” and marked the birth of the Aéropostale, with the aim of reaching South America via Dakar. Chief Pilot: Didier Daurat – Star Pilots: MERMOZ, SAINT-EXUPÉRY, GUILLAUMET, etc. The entire history of the Aéropostale. ( ** ) With a view to surveying the route from Rio to Recife and back, a first flight was undertaken on 5 February but was cut short. A second journey was undertaken on 6 and 7 March by two Breguet 14s. Only one aircraft managed to reach Pernambuco, piloted by Vachet, with Mr ROIG as a passenger. It landed in Rio, in three stages, on 9, 10 and 11 March. ( *** ) Marcel PORTAIT: mission deputy who established the transatlantic France–South America air route in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
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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
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 10:00 AM
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