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November 6-7, 2013 and November 13, 2013

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Lot #448
FRANCE Flight Covers
1913 (14 Oct) flight by Lt. Ronin from Paris to Bordeaux (15 Oct) to deliver mail to the packet boat sailing for the West Indies. A picture postcard franked with 5c green, tied by (Paris 44 Due de Grenelle) cds, with "Par Avion" handstamp (first use of this cachet by the post office), Bordeaux transit and Martinique (27 Oct) arrival pmk, v.f. An important early flight (Muller No. 11, 25,000 points: ”ces aerogrammes sont excessivement rares” according to 1925 Champion "Catalogue Historique et Descriptive de la Poste Aerienne")
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