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75 - AEROPHILATELY – MERMOZ MISSION: Pilot of the test flight and…
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Estimate €150
Description
AEROPHILATELY – MERMOZ MISSION: Pilot of the test flight and the first fully air-borne postal flight between South America and Europe: Buenos Aires / Rio / Natal / Toulouse. RARE AIRMAIL ITEM sent from Buenos Aires to Paris on a tricolour ‘Compagnie Générale Aéropostale’ aeroplane envelope " – Franked with Argentine stamps: 12c blue Gal San Martin + 54c brown “condor in flight” PA 12 – postmark “AEROPOSTAL ARGENTINA 6 JUNE 1930” – BEARS A RED STAMP, 18 x 53 mm, with framed text: “Primer Correo totalmente Aero / America del sur-Europa / Compagnie Générale Aéropostale”. On the reverse: arrived in Paris 18 June 1930 + stamp from the C.G.A. commercial department “in Buenos Aires” – Muller no. 94.
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