U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 28-March 1, 2017
Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #377 FRANCE Flight Covers 1927 (10 Oct) Non Stop Flight, Paris to Buenos Aires by Lts. Dieudonne Coste & Joseph LeBrix, cover with appropriate franking and four line arrival cachet; also a cover from St. Louis, Senegal (13 Oct) to Pernambuco, Brazil, little toning and minor cover flaws, otherwise fine. The French aviators successfully crossed the South Atlantic from Paris to Rio de Janeiro, via St. Louis Senegal, Natal and Pelotas. They carried 17 covers from Paris to Buenos Aires and 11 from Senegal to Brazil
Catalog #AAMC TO1063 | Price Realized $1,400.00
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 | Lot #378 FRANCE Flight Covers 1930 (10 May) first flight (Mermoz) from Paris to Rio de Janeiro, with 26 May arrival, forwarded to USA (June 11), endorsed "Par Avion Mermoz Paris-Amerique du Sud", also typewritten "via Premier vol Paris a Dakar, Transoceanqieu par C.G.A.", fine and scarce flight cover
| Unsold
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 | Lot #379 FRANCE Flight Covers 1941 two covers from the Cruiser "Montcalm", one mixed franking with Vatican 12 1/2c, sent to Dakar, Senegal, the other to Conakry, French Guinea A.O.F., each with Naval cachets, fine
| Unsold
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