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Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale
Lot: 904

France 1920-2009, a superbly written-up exhibition collection of aerophilately arranged mostly by pilot or flight housed on two hundred and thirteen sheets, contained in a carton, including envelopes with 1928 first airmail flight to Argentina, 1929 Costes/Bellonte crash cover bearing three-line cachet, 1931 (7 June) Indo-China crash with two-line cachet, 1936, (4 May) Sao Paolo crash (2), (15 Aug.) to Chile bearing 10fr. 100th. Flight to South America, 50f. ultramarine on rose on 1939 (14 Jan.) envelope to Togo, and a range of picture postcards, some signed; also issued stamps with mint 1936 50f. green and 50f. ultramarine on rose, 1947 U.P.U. 500f. and epreuve deluxe, 1949-50 1000f. used (2, one on piece), 1954 100f.-1000f., 1957-59 300f.-1000f. Mostly good to fine. Estimate £ 2,000-2,500

Sold for
£2,100